I do need it to work for any app, not just Word or XL. I guess a poor workaround would be since it's not possible to reliably check if the file is open I can force the user to quit the file's default app before allowing them to encrypt. It's just kind of heavy-handed.
On Mar 19, 2011, at 6:20 PM, Charles Srstka wrote: > On Mar 19, 2011, at 1:40 PM, Conrad Shultz wrote: > >> On 3/19/11 11:10 AM, Kyle Sluder wrote: >>> On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Conrad Shultz >>> <con...@synthetiqsolutions.com> wrote: >>>> Note that this will only capture files that are properly opened (i.e. >>>> fopen()'d), so you won't catch every apparently open file. For example, >>>> if you open a file in vi(m), it creates a hidden scratch file in the >>>> same directory and closes the original file. You then edit the scratch >>>> file, which is only written out to the original file on save. In this >>>> way, the original file is protected from damage due to a crash, but lsof >>>> will almost never show it as being open. >>> >>> This is also how Cocoa apps work. They only keep the file open to read >>> its contents. >>> >>> I'm afraid that what Brad wants to do is not possible yet. >> >> Are you certain that is a general behavior? > > Just looking at NSDocument’s default hooks for opening/saving files will show > you the answer to that. The ones the user is encouraged to use in the general > case read the file into an NSData object on open, and write an NSData out to > the file on save. > > Charles_______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/cocoa-dev%40softraph.com > > This email sent to cocoa-...@softraph.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
