Help regarding deleting files in a directory

[anu81]

hi all In my application, i have a treeview consisting of some nodes. when i click a node, i am generating some images and displaying them in a listview. i am storing the images temporarily in a folder in the application path. so everytime a node is clicked, i need to remove the original images and add the new images. when i tried to delete the contents of the folder, it says file is in use(which is obvious). Can anybody suggest me ideas as how to remove the old images from the folder?

Thanks in advance.:) Regards Anuradha

[Anthony Mushrow]

You must have forgotten to close the filestream or something. So all you need to do is make sure you Close() all your streams before deleting all your files.

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[anu81]

hi, thanks for your reply. but i am not using filestream class at all. i used the following code. foreach (File file in Directory.GetFiles(path)) { File.Delete(file); }

Thanks in advance.:) Regards Anuradha

[Anthony Mushrow]

"i am storing the images temporarily in a folder in the application path" Does that not mean that your creating a new files, and writing to them during runtime? Because if it does, once youve written the file, you need to close the stream. If the files are already there, then unless you've got them open somewhere, or explorer has them open. They should just delete fine. If its the latter, go download 'unlocker' and see whats holding your files hostage.

My current favourite word is: Waffle Cheese is still good though.

[Aavesh Agarwal]

i think u shuld check the permission of the Folder in which u are storing ur image file.Give the permission of write also. May be it will work for you. or i m not getting ur question Thanks and Regards Aavesh Agarwal