File - read only

I create new file using only "Write Characters To File".
(I don't want user to see dialog to choose file name,etc.)
I create .CSV file, and I want to set file as read only for any
other applications except LabView. When MS Excel opens this file
LabView is unable to write data to it.
Is it any simple way to solve this ? Or di I must use .vi's that show dialog
to chose file and dir.
-jcz-

When a file has been marked as "read only", then Excel open it in read only mode, and the file remains accessible to other applications. What you have to do is to switch the "Acces Rights"(in the advanced file function subpalette) between $80 and $100, to respectively unlock and lock the file, at each write operation in LabVIEW.
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ElMagoElGato,
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