File is in use by what process?

[AS1]

Hello,
I have an little script what has to protect files from editing, in other words as soon as its get opened by any other file then ProcessX.exe it has to terminate it.

The only far i've gotten was check if its in use :o the file we are talking about can be any file, in this 'tesing' case it is an Text file

note: i know i am no proffesional but i didnt get any furter by the forum or manual

Regards
AS1

[Imagine Programming]

If ProcessX.exe has been written by you, why don't you make sure
the file is opened at all times?

use

hFile = io.open(FilePath, "rb");

to open the file and

hFile:close();

to close it again.

By opening the file using io.open, no other process can write to that
very file, only read it.

[AS1]

yes, that was part 1 of my question.
But i asked also that no other process can write to it even if ProcessX.exe is closed.

[Imagine Programming]

yes, that was part 1 of my question.
But i asked also that no other process can write to it even if ProcessX.exe is closed.

There is no way, there must always be a process having the file
opened so no other process can write to it. You could try
setting the attributes of the file to Read-Only when you close
ProcessX.exe and set the system and hiddne attribute to true
aswell.

look up File.SetAttributes(szFilename, tAttributes); in the helpfile
Oh, and you're welcome