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Re: Is a file open in another application?
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Re: Is a file open in another application?


  • Subject: Re: Is a file open in another application?
  • From: Scott Ribe <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 14:18:27 -0600

On Mar 19, 2011, at 1:58 PM, Frédéric Testuz wrote:

> I can't think of a general solution, but IIRC Brad is only interested about Word and Excel. These applications have AppleScript support.
>
> I'm sure he can ask Word by AppleScript for the open documents. He had to check if Word can also return the path of the file for these documents.

Yes, for Word this works. You can get the path of any open document. And unlike some things in Word, this bit seems to work reliably.

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References: 
 >Is a file open in another application? (From: Brad Stone <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Is a file open in another application? (From: Conrad Shultz <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Is a file open in another application? (From: Kyle Sluder <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Is a file open in another application? (From: Conrad Shultz <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Is a file open in another application? (From: Kyle Sluder <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Is a file open in another application? (From: Frédéric Testuz <email@hidden>)

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