Close Running Application

[HydraNL]

hi,
How do I know if the application is running and how do I close a running application?

Example: Let's say that C:\test.txt is already open, but you aren't aware. If I want to replace that file or remove that file you'll fail.

Thanks in advance.

 

[pachad]

Placing

Close

on a line by itself will close all files which your program opened using the Open statement.

 

[HydraNL]

Ok. But how do I tell VB: If file-is-in-use then close.

 

[mattKnight]

Initially, you need to know whether the file is open or not. One way of doing this is to use the CreateFile API with the exclusive access flag set. If you get a valid file handle, the file is closed otherwise the file is open.

Personally, I wouldn't seek to close the process which has the file open, I would wait until the file is closed and then update.

Take Care

Matt
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