XMLTextWriter question

[LCI]

I have a web service listener that has a function that generates an XML file. For some reason, it cannot get past the line of code below with the asterix string xmlFilename = string.Format ("C:\\{0}.xml", m_Tag); XmlTextWriter writer = null; writer = new XmlTextWriter(xmlFilename,System.Text.Encoding.UTF8);***************************** writer.Formatting = Formatting.Indented; writer.WriteStartDocument (); This code works fine on my form application. Is there something i am missing. Any input is appreciated. Thanks, Colin

[roel_v]

Most probably a security issue... your webservice listener must be running under a user account (ASPNET?) that does not have permission to write to the root of you c:\ drive. Roel

[LCI]

That is a good possiblity. However, i wrote to a regualr txt file using stream writer and i was able to write to a folder on my root. So is it safe to say that if i could write to C:\MyFolder, that i should be able to write to the root directly i.e. C:\??

[led mike]

LCI wrote:

This code works fine on my form application. Is there something i am missing.

You mean like the exception information? :rolleyes:

led mike

[LCI]

Thanks for the reply. The exception information is even more baffling. It basically says that access is denied to C:\WINDOWS\System32\This.xml The path that i am telling the code to generate the XML is C:\Test\This.xml Any thoughts are appreciated. Thanks,

[led mike]

Based on your post my only thought is that there is something you don't know and therefore aren't telling me because what you posted is just not going to happen in a normal environment.

led mike