AutoIt not closing Filehandle

[illumino]

Hey Community

Anyhow, my Scripts are not closing "Connections" to Files.

If I write something like this:

While 1
$File = @DesktopDir & "\test.txt"
   FileOpen($File)

     FileReadLine($File, 1)

   FileClose($File)

Sleep(20000)
WEnd

I cannot change the File, because it is used by this Process (Tested with Unlocker).

What i´ve done wrong?

I only want an Script, wich reads in an File every 20 Seconds, without accessing it the whole time...

Edited March 27, 2010 by illumino

[SmOke_N]

Global $h_handle, $File
$File = @DesktopDir & "\test.txt"
While 1\
   $h_handle = FileOpen($File)
   If $h_handle = -1 Then ExitLoop

     FileReadLine($h_handle, 1)

   FileClose($h_handle)

Sleep(20000)
WEnd

Edit:

Noticed I didn't have it reading the handle

Edited March 27, 2010 by SmOke_N

[Melba23]

illumino,

Use the file handle to close the file, not the file name:

$File = @ScriptDir & "\fred1.au3"
$hFile = FileOpen($File)
    
FileReadLine($hFile, 1) ; or FileReadLine($File, 1) if you prefer

FileClose($hFile)

M23

[illumino]

Oh, now i understand ^^

Working perfectly now.

Thanks