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File being written to -

Dear All,

I have an FTP process which fetches a file however the file is coming across empty and I beleive the reason why is that the users PC which saves the file hasn't finished writing to the file.

Therefore question is how I can see whether the file is in use or is ready for me to grab ??

Thanks

 

how to use DLL written by VB .NET in VB6 -
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How to test if a file is being written to -
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Excel data [2005] -
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embedding files into VB -
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File still being written to -
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Is my DAL code good enough -
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Problem using MsFlexGrid -
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How to resolve weird characters written to CSV file -
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Watching a text file being written to, then when finished loading it into a text fil -
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Excel and Visual basic linking -
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Creating a Map from a .txt -
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Checking if a file is being written to -
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Text File reading problem! -
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binary file -
I have a variable-length record that is written to a file every second from another program. The vb program is supposed to get the new record and update the form with the info. Is there a way to get the newly-written record without having to read from the top of the file each time? Tha

File change event -
Hi, does anyone know if it is possible to do an action when a file residing on disk changes, i.e. it has content written to it? I have a file that resides on a web server. Details are written to this file periodically. I require to read the file contents when they change. At th

.csv file question -
I am using vb6 and sql server database. I am using vb code to write a .csv file. everything is fine except first column which should hold customer number is not right. Two things: 1. the number in DB is 001004 is written as 1004. 2. the number 07E010 is written as 7.00E+10 A

Access a DBF file with ADO -
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Loading Control without putting it on a form, or knowing its type -
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test when file has finished being written (resolved) -
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Saving XML -
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[2005] Write to File does not keep up -
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Read VB6 variant from a binary file with .net -
I need read from my .net application a binary file written with VB6. I can get longs and string written with VB6 with .net BinaryReader class ut how can I read vb6 variants? Do you know how variants are save in binarry file? how much bytes do they take? Thanks in advance

[2008] How do I programatically create a .vb class file -
I've written an application that automatically creates a class which facilitates my accessing data and varies according to the database I attach it to. The way I currently have it written, it merely types out the code and drops in a text box. (Thereafter, I copy and paste it into the

accessing text files within dll's -
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text file problem... -
I have a small VB app which lets a user enter some values in to a couple of global variables. The app then creates a text file and writes the variable to it. An encryption routine I have then encrypts the file and replaces the unencrypted data with the encrypted data. Using the debu

Get rid of quotes that are written to a text file -
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File being written to -
Dear All, I have an FTP process which fetches a file however the file is coming across empty and I beleive the reason why is that the users PC which saves the file hasn't finished writing to the file. Therefore question is how I can see whether the file is in use or is ready for

What is AIM written in -
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translate file with different code page -
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Write to file produces #NULL# from empty field -
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If this can be done you will all want to know. -
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Mapping a setup file to a .vbp -
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distrubute a vb program -
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Wait for a text file to stop being written to, then open the text file -
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Easy question () -
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Activex use on the web -
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import dll file -
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ending an application -
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