how to check is an excel file located on a server is used by someone b...

Barite | Level 11

how to check is an excel file located on a server is used by someone before running a sas program.

Posted 12-19-2017 02:39 PM (1000 views)

Hello,

I have many programs to run (7 programs) using include statements.

However, before running those programs, I need to check an excel file ls locked by an other user.

How can we achieve that using %sysfunc....

Regards,

Alain LePage

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Re: how to check is an excel file located on a server is used by someone before running a sas progra

Posted 12-19-2017 03:25 PM (981 views) | In reply to alepage

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