Wait until user closes a file

Question

I have an excel file that I want the user to edit. First, I open the file to the screen for him:

os.startfile("C:\Users\user1\myfolder\Input.xlsx")

I want to wait until the user closes the file and only then continue with my script.

How can I do that?

Incidentally, you should be using raw strings, or `\\` in your path. — Antti Haapala -- Слава Україні, May 30 '16 at 10:07
You can't reliably use `Popen` to wait for programs that use a single instance with a multiple document interface. In that case I'd wait on a dialog box, or a simple `input()` statement for a console program. — Eryk Sun, May 30 '16 at 10:15

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:07

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I would like to mark this question as duplicate but i don't have enough rep to do so. Look here: Python Unittest: Open and wait until the program is closed

edited May 23 '17 at 12:07

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answered May 30 '16 at 10:02

Paul

Then you should [flag](http://stackoverflow.com/help/privileges/flag-posts) it. – Ilja Everilä May 30 '16 at 10:03
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can't -> need 50 rep to flag as duplicate. – Paul May 30 '16 at 10:04
Ah, true. My bad. You seem to have gained that in the meantime. – Ilja Everilä May 30 '16 at 10:21

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