[RESOLVED] File Sharing

Hi,

Ok Should be last question for this project. I have Two exes that both read from the same text file and one of the exes writes to it. Also the EXE that reads from it will be on around 10 computers which will all read from the same exe, When I run if I hit it wrong I get an error saying the file is in use.

How can I get it that the exes either ignor the erorr pass over it until the next timer tick (which is not that often)

Or get it so the file can be shared?

M.Carpenter

Hi,

You are not specifying VS version, or which command are you using to open files

anyway I suggest you to open the file (on the thread that is writing) allowing other process to read the file

VB Code:

System.IO.FileStream("C:\yourfile", IO.FileMode.Open, IO.FileAccess.readwrite, IO.FileShare.Read)

Hope this helps

I am using vb .net 05 sorry keep forgetting

and using streamread like:

dim reader as new streamreader = _
new streamreader (path)

readlines

finnaly reader.close

but I have multiple streamreaders in the same timer so what I hcae done is the very first line of the timer is try

then at the end of the timer

catch
timer1.stop
errorcatcher()

then error ctacher does some stuff then starts timer 1 again and it seems to be working

but thanks anyway