FileOps $movefile error

[Mike Matthews - Omnis]

Ah, I knew there are clever people here on this list.

Mike Matthews

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On 14 May 2025, at 10:14, Rudolf Bargholz <rudolf at bargholz.ch> wrote:

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Hello Andy,

If you download the sysinternals "Process Monitor", you can set up a filter on the file you are trying to copy by filtering on the "Path" and setting the value to the exact full path of the file. This will tell you which application is locking your file.

Note, a FileOps.$open() needs to be followed by a FileOps.$close(), or the file will remain locked by the omnis.exe .

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Rudolf Bargholz

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Hello Andy,

A FileOps.$open() **without** the kReadOnly will fail if the file has been opened/locked by Omnis or some other application.

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Rudolf Bargholz

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Hello Andy,

Turn it off and on.  I wonder if the file/OS thinks it is open, so restart Windows as that should set all open file stats possibly.  Works with DF1 files.

I suspect there is a way of examining a file to see if it is open, but that knowledge is above my pay grade.  And then get the file to be closed for the OS to then move.

Mike Matthews

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On 13 May 2025, at 22:35, Andy Hilton <andyh at totallybrilliant.com> wrote:

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That’s the curious thing, although it is a library file that I am trying to move, it is a library that has not yet been opened by the application, so I fail to see how the file could be ‘open’ - it has just been copied down from an ftp site into a ‘downloads’ folder from where I am moving it into the appropriate position within the application setup (and as I mentioned I can manually copy it without issue)

Andy Hilton
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On May 13, 2025, at 5:30 PM, Reg Paling <reg.paling at lokanet.com> wrote:

Hi Andy,

This page:
https://www.omnis.net/developers/resources/onlinedocs/index.jsp?detail=FunctionRef/Functions_A-Z/fileopserrorcodes.html
says:
 kFileOpsMoreFilesOpen   -47   One or more files are open
Is it a library that's still open?

Kind regards,
Reg


On Wed, May 14, 2025 at 7:19 AM Andy Hilton <andyh at totallybrilliant.com>
wrote:

Does anyone have the official meaning of error code ‘-47’ from a
FileOps.$movefile operation ?

I have an installer trying to move files within my app from one location
to another - both within the users ‘AppData’ area (this is on my least
favorite side, Windows !) and I am getting this error

Note : I can manually copy the files without issue - which is why I am a
tad confused as to what is actually going on with the FileOps call !

Andy Hilton
Totally Brilliant Software Inc
Phone (US) : (863) 409 4870
Phone (UK) : 0207 193 8582

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