How do I lock a file?

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Joe Rickford

Hello I want to lock a file so it cannot be moved during my program runtime... but I do not want to open the file, is there any attribute I can set that locks the file for moving?

Newbie here so go easy, thanks
 
Hi Joe,

If the file is opened as a file, that is automatic done, if it is a database
as an access.mdb, I also will be glad for a solution for that.

Mostly on this question is given the first answer, what is your problem?
(And when it is that access database I have made it clear for others)

Cor.
 
Hi,
One way to do this is to open a file with exclusive read access. IF you
do that then no other program can access your file.
Thanks

Anand Balasubramanian
Microsoft, Visual Basic .NET

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