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Hi,

I have an ASP .Net web page that creates a temp directory on the server then
it is using the File.Copy command to move a file to a temp download
directory, Then I am doing a response.Redirect to that URL.

The problem is that whenever I run the page the script fails on the
File.Copy() command everytime with an error of:

The process cannot access the file
"c:\inetpub\wwwroot\TestPages\Downloads\1243123405 1920061359\585F56645D4740714337170A043006180038060 C017E081A10.doc"
because it is being used by another process.

This shouldn't be a permissions issue because I have full control to
everyone just for testing purposes.

Here is the code snippet:

strTempdirectory = strFileSystemPath & CompanyID & dDateStamp

strFile1 = strFileSystemPath & strFileName

strFile2 = strTempdirectory & "\" & strFileName

If Not Directory.Exists(strTempdirectory) Then

Directory.CreateDirectory(strTempdirectory)

End If

If File.Exists(strFile2) Then

File.Delete(strFile2)

End If

Fails here: ---> File.Copy(strFile1, strFile2, False)

strRedirectPath = strHttpPath & CompanyID & dDateStamp & "/" & strFileName

Response.Redirect(strRedirectPath)



Thanks in advance for any help you might be able to offer.

Ron

One recent development...

If I step through the code it works fine...and then each subsequent page
hit works for that file, but if i don't step through the code on a file it
gives me the error.

Thanks,
Ron


"RSH" <> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I have an ASP .Net web page that creates a temp directory on the server
> then it is using the File.Copy command to move a file to a temp download
> directory, Then I am doing a response.Redirect to that URL.
>
> The problem is that whenever I run the page the script fails on the
> File.Copy() command everytime with an error of:
>
> The process cannot access the file
> "c:\inetpub\wwwroot\TestPages\Downloads\1243123405 1920061359\585F56645D4740714337170A043006180038060 C017E081A10.doc"
> because it is being used by another process.
>
> This shouldn't be a permissions issue because I have full control to
> everyone just for testing purposes.
>
> Here is the code snippet:
>
> strTempdirectory = strFileSystemPath & CompanyID & dDateStamp
>
> strFile1 = strFileSystemPath & strFileName
>
> strFile2 = strTempdirectory & "\" & strFileName
>
> If Not Directory.Exists(strTempdirectory) Then
>
> Directory.CreateDirectory(strTempdirectory)
>
> End If
>
> If File.Exists(strFile2) Then
>
> File.Delete(strFile2)
>
> End If
>
> Fails here: ---> File.Copy(strFile1, strFile2, False)
>
> strRedirectPath = strHttpPath & CompanyID & dDateStamp & "/" & strFileName
>
> Response.Redirect(strRedirectPath)
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you might be able to offer.
>
> Ron
>
>
>

A very simple thought: Do you close the fileStream ?

Im actually not using the filestream. I am just creating the file with:
File.Create(strFileSystemDirectory & strFilename)

Im starting to think it might be a permissions issue...either that or .Net
is not releasing the file.


"Tasos Vogiatzoglou" <> wrote in message
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>A very simple thought: Do you close the fileStream ?
>

This method opens a FileStream.

That fixed it thanks!



"Tasos Vogiatzoglou" <> wrote in message
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> This method opens a FileStream.
>

Please could you tell me how do you resolve this problem..i m getting same
access problem in writing to a file.

"RSH" <> wrote in message
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> That fixed it thanks!
>
>
>
> "Tasos Vogiatzoglou" <> wrote in message
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>> This method opens a FileStream.
>>
>
>

Sure.

Apparently simply calling the File.Create leaves the file in a zombie state.
What you need to do is create and access the file through the declaration of
a StreamWriter object:

Dim sw As StreamWriter = New StreamWriter(strFileSystemDirectory &
strEncodedFileName)

' Add some text to the file.

sw.Write("This is the ")

sw.WriteLine("header for the file.")

sw.WriteLine("-------------------")

' Arbitrary objects can also be written to the file.

sw.Write("The date is: ")

sw.WriteLine(DateTime.Now)

sw.Close()

sw = Nothing



This creates a simple file and writes a few lines of text to it then
disposes the object properly which in turn unlocks the file.

It works great now.



Ron


"Arsalan Ahmad" <arsal__@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Please could you tell me how do you resolve this problem..i m getting same
> access problem in writing to a file.
>
> "RSH" <> wrote in message
> news:O3BL2$...
>> That fixed it thanks!
>>
>>
>>
>> "Tasos Vogiatzoglou" <> wrote in message
>> news: oups.com...
>>> This method opens a FileStream.
>>>
>>
>>
>
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