Working with StreamReader/Writer

[Stephen McGuire]

You don't have the file open in another app do you? Notepad or Word etc? Steve

[Taen_Karth]

Nope. :confused:

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[Stephen McGuire]

You only have 'filname' for the file to delete. Shouldn't this be 'path & filename'? If you are always going to delete the file anyway, you don't have to check whether it exists first. Just code for deleting the file. An exception will not be generated if the file doesn't exist... Then try using the CreateText method of the IO.File class. What is that Me.Dispose() supposed to be doing? Steve -- modified at 15:26 Monday 14th August, 2006

[Stephen McGuire]

Put your StreamWriter contstructor AFTER your File.Create line. I think this is holding the file open. You should only put this after you have created the file! Steve -- modified at 15:37 Monday 14th August, 2006

[Taen_Karth]

Ok tried that and still getting this error message:

The process cannot access the file 'C:\Documents and Settings\troy\Desktop\Projects\ChangeLogger\ChangeLogger\bin\Debug\ChangeLog.txt' because it is being used by another process.

This is what the "Save" event looks like now: Private Sub ToolStripButton3_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles tsbtnSave.Click Dim Sw As New IO.StreamWriter(path & fileName, False) IO.File.Delete(path & fileName) IO.File.CreateText(path & fileName) Sw.WriteLine(vbCrLf & MyString & vbCrLf & rtSummary.Text) Sw.Flush() Sw.Close() Me.Dispose() End Sub Any ideas? btw thanks for the suggestions so far!

Thanks, Taen Karth

[Stephen McGuire]

The StreamWriter constructor must be moved to here: Private Sub ToolStripButton3_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles tsbtnSave.Click IO.File.Delete(path & fileName) IO.File.CreateText(path & fileName) Dim Sw As New IO.StreamWriter(path & fileName, False) Sw.WriteLine(vbCrLf & MyString & vbCrLf & rtSummary.Text) Sw.Flush() Sw.Close() End Sub I have also removed the Me.Dispose() line. If you want to do that, do it in the form's closed event handler. Steve

[Taen_Karth]

Still the same "File is in use" error as before...

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[Taen_Karth]

Jeez...now I get that error on this line: Dim Sw As New IO.StreamWriter(path & fileName, False) and I do not get any errors on the two lines right before it that create adn delete the file.

Thanks, Taen Karth

[Stephen McGuire]

Sorry. I forgot to move the other line. Should be like this: Private Sub ToolStripButton3_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles tsbtnSave.Click IO.File.Delete(path & fileName) Dim Sw As IO.StreamWriter = IO.File.CreateText(path & fileName) Sw.WriteLine(vbCrLf & MyString & vbCrLf & rtSummary.Text) Sw.Flush() Sw.Close() End Sub Steve

[Taen_Karth]

That did it...and now i understand why...lol. Thanks for sticking through me with this one. I really appreciate it. Now i just have to remeber how to capture the button result from a messagebox button when clicked...lol I do believe I am a bit rusty now. Once again thanks fr the help!:-D

Thanks, Taen Karth

[Stephen McGuire]

Great! Glad I could help. To get the message box button clicked, check the DialogResult. If MessageBox.Show() = DialogResult.OK Then End If DialogResult options will vary depending on the button option you set for the dialog. Steve

[Taen_Karth]

Thanks again that did it!:-D

Thanks, Taen Karth