File In Use
Quote from PaulJonestindall on September 21, 2020, 2:34 pmAnyone know of a plugin that has a function to tell if a file is open or in use by another program or user?
Anyone know of a plugin that has a function to tell if a file is open or in use by another program or user?
Quote from Vadim on September 21, 2020, 2:47 pmHi!
Plug-in:
NeoGetFileDateTime (David de Argentina)Command:
ae_GetFileDateTimeDefine the date when the selected file was created, modified and last opened. If data cannot be obtained (file is currently open), the information will be 1/1/1601 04:00:00.
Hi!
Plug-in:
NeoGetFileDateTime (David de Argentina)
Command:
ae_GetFileDateTime
Define the date when the selected file was created, modified and last opened. If data cannot be obtained (file is currently open), the information will be 1/1/1601 04:00:00.
Quote from PaulJonestindall on September 21, 2020, 5:30 pmThanks. That would work. Do you have this plugin or know where I can get it?
Thanks. That would work. Do you have this plugin or know where I can get it?
Quote from PaulJonestindall on September 22, 2020, 4:55 pmIt seems that it works very well for detecting if programs are running, even a NeoBook program running from a network drive. However it won't tell me if someone has a file open such as an Excel (XLS) or Access DB (MDB) file, whether it's in use by another user.
Still, I think this will be a rather handy plugin.
It seems that it works very well for detecting if programs are running, even a NeoBook program running from a network drive. However it won't tell me if someone has a file open such as an Excel (XLS) or Access DB (MDB) file, whether it's in use by another user.
Still, I think this will be a rather handy plugin.
Quote from Vadim on September 22, 2020, 5:31 pm@pauljonestindall
If you know the file name in advance, you can use this monitoring code (of course, the program should work at this time):
.get the top window descriptor
zmGetForegroundWindow "[HWND]".
. get the window title from the descriptor
zmGetWindowTitle "[HWND]" "" "[TitleH]".
.remove quotes from the resulting window title (if any)
StrReplace "[TitleH]" "[#34]" "" "[TitleH]".
. further check - the received header text is allowed by us or not.
...I controlled the student test windows so much - you could only open certain files in Excel and only a certain website in Browser, which was always on top.
Used plugin zmFunctions (Peter Pavlov)
If you know the file name in advance, you can use this monitoring code (of course, the program should work at this time):
.get the top window descriptor
zmGetForegroundWindow "[HWND]".
. get the window title from the descriptor
zmGetWindowTitle "[HWND]" "" "[TitleH]".
.remove quotes from the resulting window title (if any)
StrReplace "[TitleH]" "[#34]" "" "[TitleH]".
. further check - the received header text is allowed by us or not.
...
I controlled the student test windows so much - you could only open certain files in Excel and only a certain website in Browser, which was always on top.
Used plugin zmFunctions (Peter Pavlov)