FileOps $movefile error

[Andy Hilton]

…..and the winner is : Mike Matthews !

Restarting Windows has resolved it - I have no idea how or why it was doing what it was doing before, but turn it off and on fixed it !!!!


Andy Hilton
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> On May 14, 2025, at 4:58 AM, Mike Matthews - Omnis via omnisdev-en <omnisdev-en at lists.omnis-dev.com> wrote:
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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.
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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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