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ABC: Making sure a file is actually closed (C4)
1998-09-08 -- Jim Katz
 
Newsgroups: topspeed.products.c4 > There are a few things here that are problematic. When you close the > bank file the filemanger loses track of the file open state, and > therefor it's not open when you call Access:Bank.Open() as it thinks > the file is already open, so why open it again? You CAN use > Access:Bank.Close() but as you found out, it may or may not close the > file. There was a thread about how to unconditionally close a file > and still keep track of the open state of the file a few months back - > maybe you should have a look in one of the knowledgebases and see if > we archived any of it (I certainly hope so) Here is some code I posted a while back: Loop Open(ConType,ReadWrite) IF Errorcode() = 52 ! File Already Open Relate:ConType.Close Else Close(Contype) Break End End This just insures that the _actual_ closed state is in sync with what the filemanager _thinks_ the closed state is.

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