Andre Poenitz wrote:
I have the impression ths is Standard behaviour under Windows: You simply can't write to a file as long as it is used by another one.
No it isn't, e.g. ghostview and yap allows to change opened files. It depends on the program, if it uses
OF_SHARE_DENY_WRITE Opens the file and denies write access to other processes. On MS-DOS-based file systems using the Win32 API, if the file has been opened in compatibility mode or for write access by any other process, the function fails.
(snippet from WinAPI)
But it's correct that Acrobat denies changes, because it is developed to process pdf's (even with Adobe Reader, you can fill out forms and save them result). Imagine LyX allows changes by other programs on opened LyX-documents.
And Ghostview, as the name implies, is designed for viewing.
regards Uwe
