Issue with opening PDF file from FilePro

Kenneth Brody kenbrody at spamcop.net
Thu May 28 08:12:47 PDT 2009


Bob Rasmussen wrote:
[...]
>> 2.  How do I check if a file can be opened in R/W mode in FP?
> 
> I don't know this one.

As someone else answered, use OPEN(filename,"rw") and check for success or 
failure.

Might I suggest a "better" solution, which requires a change to PrintWizard? 
  I have seen numerous cases where the program generating the file uses a 
temporary filename while the job is running, and then renames it to the 
final name once it is complete.

For example, PrintWizard creates "~~PW####.tmp" (where "####" is some unique 
number), and writes the PDF output there.  Once you have a complete PDF file 
generated, you close the file and rename it "whatever.pdf".

-- 
Kenneth Brody


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