can a file exist in ram?

[Guest]

Hi,

From within a program I would like to open a open a string in notepad or
wordpad. Normally this is done by saving the string to a file and then call
notepad with the file a an argument using System.Diagnostigs.Process,
however, is there a way to avoid saving the file on disk. Is it possible to
save it on a 'ramdisk' or something

brgds Jesper.

 

[Scott Allen]

Hi Jesper:

I'm thinking you could use SendKeys to programatically type the text
into Notepad, or use the Clipboard to paste the text into Notepad. You
might want to investigate this thread:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...off=1&q=send+notepad+data+with+clipboard+.net

 

[q]

This is called a memory mapped file.

 

[James Curran]

This is called a memory mapped file.

Actually, a memory-mapped file is exactly the reverse: A file which
appears to be in memory, but is actually on disk.

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