The oldschool way of opening files using the system unit (no sysutils) has the filemode variable..
system.FileMode := fmOpenRead; ... Assign(... Rewrite(... Can this be used with file locking/sharing OR-ed options like: fmShareCompat fmShareDenyNone fmShareDenyRead fmShareDenyWrite fmShareExclusive Or does file locking/sharing require using sysutils unit with fileopen: http://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/sysutils/fileopen.html Thanx! _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal