File Info Question

[Denis Correard]

I'm writing an application that would move a file from 1 place to another
and print it, but I'm having errors if the file is in use by another process
when I'm trying to move it. Is there a way to check that before I try to
move the file?

I'm using .Net 1.1, VB and VS 2003

Any ideas are welcome

 

[Andrew Morton]

I'm writing an application that would move a file from 1 place to
another and print it, but I'm having errors if the file is in use by
another process when I'm trying to move it. Is there a way to check
that before I try to move the file?

Try to move the file. If you catch an error then perhaps wait a while and
give it another go. Finally, curse it for not offering a function to tell
you what the current access state of the file is.

Would it be sufficient to /copy/ the file to another location to print it?
You have more chance of that succeeding.

Andrew

 

[Denis Correard]

Yes and no because same times to file stil been created on disk so copying
it would not be good.