[RESOLVED] Wait for a text file to stop being written to, then open the text file?

[Giraffe Frenzy]

Hi All,

Is there a way vb.net 2005 can check to see when a file is done begin written to, then open that file and pull it's contents into a listbox?

I have a command line outputting data to a text file, then having my vb.net app pull the file from the text file to a listbox. Currently I have it working off of a delay, but this can be problematic due to underestimating the write time, then the .net app can not pull the data at all.

If there is a way for vb.net to wait, check, wait, check, if done, pull the data to a listbox? This would certainly be much better than a manual delay.

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!

[jmcilhinney]

Start a Timer and try to open the file in the Tick event handler. If it succeeds then stop the Timer and read the data, otherwise let the Timer keep on Ticking.

[Giraffe Frenzy]

Thanks jmcilhinney,

That worked perfectly!