From: Gilbert Rebhan <mailforgilbert@...>
Date: 2008-02-22T04:44:59+09:00
Subject: Re: win32ole, how to detect docfile is already opened ?


> running ruby 1.8.4 on Win2000, some word scripting
> with Office 2003
> 
> require 'win32ole'
> 
> word = WIN32OLE.new('Word.Application')
> doc = word.Documents.Open('c:/foobar.doc')
> 
> Question =
> 
> i want to do a text search and replace
> and i need to detect whether the docfile
> is already opened by someone else, when
> word comes up with a dialog (3 radiobuttons)
> similar to that =
> 
> Title = bla.doc already in use
> |o| Open write protected readoonly
> |o| Open a copy and merge afterwards
> |o| Tell me when bla.doc is open
> 
> I want to check whether the docfile is
> already opened, and if yes, i start
> to loop until the docfile is free, then
> do the replace ...

OK, solved it 'lowlevel' with

File.exists?('~$foobar.doc')

means, if the file is already opened, there is
a corresponding file with leading ~$ before
the orginal filename, i.e. ~$foobar.doc


Regards, Gilbert