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Special Forums Windows & DOS: Issues & Discussions Can DOS close an open file? Post 302272685 by quattro20v on Wednesday 31st of December 2008 10:48:58 AM
Old 12-31-2008
Can DOS close an open file?

I'm trying to setup a cron job for my brother that goes out to the web and retrieves an excel file and overwrites the existing copy on his desktop. The problem I'm facing is I have to kill the process (excel.exe) if the file is open while the batch file runs, otherwise, it will create another copy with a 1 or 2 or 3, etc appended to the end of the filename. For example, the correct filename would be myfile.xls and it will create myfile.xls(1). So, I kill the process before it goes out to the web to retrieve the file. This works, but ideally, I would like to close that particular file without killing the process in the event he has other files in open state . . . is this possible?
 

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Excel::Template::Plus::TT(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation			    Excel::Template::Plus::TT(3pm)

NAME
Excel::Template::Plus::TT - Extension of Excel::Template to use TT SYNOPSIS
use Excel::Template::Plus::TT; # this is most commonly used through # the Excel::Template::Plus factory my $template = Excel::Template::Plus::TT->new( template => 'greeting.tmpl', config => { INCLUDE => [ '/templates' ] }, params => { greeting => 'Hello' } ); $template->param(location => 'World'); $template->write_file('greeting.xls'); DESCRIPTION
This is an engine for Excel::Template::Plus which replaces the standard Excel::Template template features with TT. See the Excel::Template::Plus docs for more information. METHODS
Accessors config template template_class params Excel::Template compat methods params ($name | $name = $value)> This provides access to getting and setting the parameters, it behaves exactly like the standard CGI.pm-style param method. output Returns the generated excel file. write_file ($filename) Writes the generated excel file to $filename. Housekeeping DEMOLISH This will cleanup any temp files generated in the process. meta Returns the metaclass. BUGS
All complex software has bugs lurking in it, and this module is no exception. If you find a bug please either email me, or add the bug to cpan-RT. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This module was inspired by Excel::Template::TT. AUTHOR
Stevan Little <stevan@iinteractive.com> COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright 2007-2010 by Infinity Interactive, Inc. <http://www.iinteractive.com> This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. perl v5.14.2 2012-05-06 Excel::Template::Plus::TT(3pm)
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