Is a file open in another application?
Is a file open in another application?
- Subject: Is a file open in another application?
- From: Brad Stone <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 09:34:51 -0400
Is there a way for me to tell if a particular file is open in another application?
I have a feature I'd like to provide to my users that involves encrypting files that belong to other apps (i.e. my application can encrypt/decrypt a Word or Excel file). I want to prevent the user from encrypting or decrypting the file if it's open (i.e. the file is open in Word). I would like to display a dialog box that says something like "myWord Doc.docx is open. Please close it and continue." I've found the ability to find running applications and I've found commentary that says what I'm asking for is not possible. I couldn't find anything in NSWorkspace or NSFileManager to help unless there's a file attribute I don't know about that can tell me. Any ideas?
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