Getting Rev to utilize Volume Shadow Services

[Derek Bump]

Ah Ha!  Sometimes it's how you word your questions in Google that yields
a good answer.  I still have to test this first, but the following
solutions have presented themselves...

  1. Copy the "locked" file to a temporary location (Windows will allow
this) and then read it's contents.

  2. Use the program "Unlocker" (http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/) from
the command line to unlock the file.

I've got my fingers crossed. :)


Derek Bump
Dreamscape Software
http://www.dreamscapesoftware.com/

Derek Bump wrote:
> I am trying to gain the ability to read the data of a file, even if it
> is open, or locked, by another program.  I don't need to edit the data
> in any way, just read it.
> 
> I understand that this can be done utilizing Volume Shadow Services
> within Windows XP, but I haven't the faintest idea as to how I would
> achieve this within Revolution.
> 
> My Google searches are turning up nothing that really helps me, except
> for something about using .NET to get it.  But I'm still nowhere near
> being able to figure this out.
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas on how I can read a file within Windows, even
> if it happens to be locked by another program?  Even being able to read
> a "shadow" copy of the file is acceptable.
> 
> Any ideas... please!
> 
> 
> Derek Bump
> Dreamscape Software
> http://www.dreamscapesoftware.com/
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