FILE.COPY error on open file

BGI

Hi all,
maybe stupid question but following scenario:
- I copy a file from pe. desktop to special folder using the navision command file.copy(origfilename,destfilename).
Now sometimes these files (pe. word doc) are still open by user, so he gets a error stating file is in use...so far no problem.
User closes word and want to copy again, but now error that destination file already exists.

This destination file indeed exists, and has 0bytes, and apparantly is held open by the navision client, because i cannot delete it.
Only when we close navision client, this file is being freed up and can be deleted.

Now my question:
- how can i see if a file is in use? (so i don't give the copy command).
- or can i force the destinationfile to be deleted?

Rgds
Benny

Savatage

EXISTS
Use this function to determine if a file exists.
[Ok :=] EXISTS(Name)

ERASE
Use this function to erase a file.
[Ok] := ERASE(Name)

You can always do a quick check & erase before you do the copy.
(Example)
If exists ('YourDrive:\YourDirectory\YourFile.txt') then
erase ('YourDrive:\YourDirectory\YourFile.txt');
>>your copy command here

**depending on what's going on with this file you can use F1 help to read about
Currfile.CLOSE; command

We use it on a dataport to move a file from it's original folder to a saved folder once the data has been imported.
here's an example.

Text Constant
FilePath = I:\Internet Data Feed\Completed Import\
OnPostDataport()

CurrFile.CLOSE; <<close the file
SavedFileName := FORMAT(WORKDATE,0,'<Year4>'+'-'+'<Month Text,3>'+'-'+'<Day,2>')+'.txt'; <<Autocreate a date oriented file name
FILE.COPY(CurrDataport.FILENAME,FilePath+SavedFileName);<<copy the file to new location
ERASE(CurrDataport.FILENAME);<<delete file from original location

BGI

Hi Harry,
i know those commands, no problem there.
But do pe. the following:

Open word document test1.doc in word.

Do in navision: file.copy(test1.doc,copytest1.doc).

You will get an error that file is open.
Close word, and in the same navision session (without closing your navision client), do the copy a second time.
You will get an error that copytest1.doc already exists.
Try to delete copytest1.doc and it will not work.
When you close the navision client, then the file copytest1.doc is deleted.

Thats my problem....

Luc_VanDyck

Maybe you can try to open the file in Writemode first. If that succeeds, you know that the file is not in use:

File.WRITEMODE(TRUE);
IF NOT(File.OPEN('c:\yourfile')) THEN
  MESSAGE('File does not exists or is in use');
File.CLOSE;

If it succeeds, you can close the file and copy it.

BGI

Luc,
indeed simple but working....even did

File.open(...);
File.close;
file.copy(..)

And it works ....stupid but it solves the problem.

Thnx
Benny

andy76

But FILE.CLOSE doesn't exist in NAV 5.0 Sp1.

Is the file automatically closed or there is another method to close it?

Thank you

Luc_VanDyck

File.CLOSE does exists in my version of NAV 5.0 SP1:

Quoting on-line help:

CLOSE (File)
Use this function to close a file which has been opened by OPEN (File).

File.CLOSE
File

Data type: file

Use this variable to refer to the file.

Comments
If the file is not open, a run-time error will occur.

But File.CLOSE refers to a variable with DataType = File.

BGI

Yep,
Also works in 5.1, that is the version we are using...

andy76

I think to have solved.

I tried FILE.CLOSE(FileName) where filename was my text variable in the same way of FILE.ERASE(FileName) without using the variable of type FILE .

Thank you