OpenPreferences() -- Readonly?

jassing · Post by **jassing** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 3:56 pm

Is there a way to open the preference file "readonly"?
What I'm after is to be able to launch multiple copies of an exe, and use the same ini file -- but since it's opened for read/write - only the 1st one can use it.
I know I can open/close the file at start; but his still leaves an opening for another copy to fail the open.
I haven't been able to get the windows createmutex() to work so that I can have a system-wide mutex; that was my 1st route..

TomS · Post by **TomS** » Sat Jul 02, 2011 8:54 pm

I can't confirm your problem.
I can open the same preference file as many times as I like.

RASHAD · Post by **RASHAD** » Sun Jul 03, 2011 4:36 am

What about SetFileAttributes(Filename$, Attributes) ?
Or
Search for Open file as shared by mk-soft

jassing · Post by **jassing** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 4:35 pm

TomS wrote:I can't confirm your problem.
I can open the same preference file as many times as I like.

Hmm. very odd -- I create two exe's and they both attempt to open up the same ini file; the 2nd one is denied... Oh well.

DoubleDutch · Post by **DoubleDutch** » Sat Jul 09, 2011 8:28 pm

Yes, a flag for opening read only would be good.

TerryHough · Post by **TerryHough** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:01 pm

DoubleDutch wrote:Yes, a flag for opening read only would be good.

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