check if a folder is open

Hello,

I would like a code example that checks whether a specific folder is already open or not.

Regards,

Spyros

Maybe:

Function:

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Sample use;

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Hello John,

Thanks for you reply but i am asking to check for a folder and not for a file.

Regards,

Spyros

Sorry for the misunderstanding. Hope someone can help you.

Thanks for the suggestion, the thing is that i am not so advanced and i cannot overcome an error i get error.png



That is the code i am trying to use. where ""U:\myfolder\mysubfolder\"" is an example of the folder that i interested in(mysubfolder) path.

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any help will be appreciated.

Regards,

spyros

I would guess it is the followhyperlink that is the problem, you probably need:

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However, what your code will do is check every window you have open and if that is not the folder you are looking for it will open the folder again. You probably need something like:

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Well your new line individually works, but now i am getting another error2.png when i am trying to run the routine.

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Err, I think that wnd.document.folder will only work for things that have a folder (e.g. windows explorer) and not for applications. The proper way to fix this would be the determine the type of each item in oshell.windows and only run the if statement for ones that have the folder property.

Afraid I don't know how to do that but you can get round it with something like:

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