
easy filecopy question...but maybe not so easy
See how it goes if the file is opened for shared access, as shown below:
Open SuchAndSuchFile for Input Access Shared as #ff
If another program has it open, you're out of luck.
Tim
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Quote:
> hello!
> I want to use filecopy yet it will only copy if the current file is not
> open. Is there a way to bypass that or a diffrent function to that
> works. My problem is, that the file maybe open. I don't carae if it is
> open and being modified. I just want to copy it from one netwokred drive
> to another one, where i can maniuplate the copy.
> suggestions.
> thanks you.
> seth broomer.