Re: [Jbeta] Spreadsheet corruption by file locking

2007-06-20 Thread Roger Hui
I note that locking a file in J does not change its contents but opening a file (while making no changes) in Excel does change its contents. - Original Message - From: Devon McCormick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 7:06 pm Subject: [Jbeta] Spreadsheet corruption by file

[Jbeta] Spreadsheet corruption by file locking

2007-06-19 Thread Devon McCormick
Is this a known problem? I was experimenting with file locking and corrupted a spreadsheet. Fortunately, the backup was fine. Session outlining the problem follows. -- Devon McCormick, CFA NB. Open the following file in MS Excel: fexist flnm=.