Check Whether File is Read Only using Macros

prashanth7582 · Jun 18, 2008#12008-06-18T02:09+00:00

Dear All,

I need to check whether the file is Read Only or not using macros and send the message accordingly.

Is that possible using macros?

Thanks in advance!!

Mofi · Jun 18, 2008#22008-06-18T07:24+00:00

This small code tries to insert a character and if that works, the file is not read-only.

InsertMode
Key HOME
IfColNumGt 1
Key HOME
EndIf
"#"
IfColNum 2
Key BACKSPACE
Else
// Insert here the commands for a read-only file.
EndIf

A solution without temporary modifying the file is not possible directly. You would need a user tool which checks the file attributes of the current file and reports it back to UltraEdit. That user tool could be executed from within a macro. But maybe this solution is already enough.