No, never had it. All I did under Vs2005 is C#, so that may be a reason. And as I read from the others, ASP.NET editor seems to really lag. We are a big screwed up dysfunctional psychotic happy family - some more screwed up, others more happy, but everybody's psychotic joint venture definition of CP My first real C# project | Linkify!|FoldWithUs! | sighist

No...I was at first referring to my folks not getting me immunized against the communicable viral infection of Cigarette Smoking....I kinda wish they had. My father smoked when I was a child, but just up and cold-turkey quit one day when it pissed him off. I wish I knew how he did that. I picked up smoking 20 years ago with no influence or help from pops; it was all peer pressure and the appearance of being "cool" that got me started. For the past ten years or more, quitting is something I've wanted to do and tried to do. Despite some huge personal hurdles overcome in my life, quitting smoking has proved the most difficult thing I've ever faced. Odd when contrasted against some massive lessons of personal capability and strength of character in a number of life-and-death situations, that something as seemingly-petty as cigarettes would be my most daunting challenge..... Oh well...onwards and upwards, I continue my life's stuggle.... Jim

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Sameers (theAngrycodeR ) wrote: think if I am writing something like backup service Are you writing a backup service? The reason applications can lock files, preventing other applications from reading the file, is that the file is most likely going to be in a state of flux. Any application that reads the file will not be able to determine if the file contents are safe or not because they are subject to change. You might read one part which is fine, then the next part which has changed and no longer makes sense when placed next to the first part. Sameers (theAngrycodeR ) wrote: I must then read the file(s) which are even locked or in-use I would suggest that makes for a bit of a dodgy backup. For example: SQL Server provides its own backup engine which creates a new file that is in a consistent state because you cannot safely perform a file backup directly from the filesystem. ColinMackay.net "Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in." -- Confucius "If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell