read from an open text file under WinCE.Net 4.2?

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Guest

is there a reason that i cannot open a text file in Read-only mode when the
file is already in use by another application? is this not a very basic
ooperation of any o/s??? i get an error when attempting to open a
StreamReader( or TextReader, or BinaryReader ) on a text file which i have
opened in pocket word. any insight on how i might be able to overcome this
would be appreciated. yea, it worked well under windows ce 3 and earlier.
now i cant get it under the winCE.Net environment. coding is done using
VB.Net. anybody????
 
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Chris Tacke, eMVP

Anything that opens a file states at that point what the allowed sharing
will be from that point on. If the other application doesn't allow read
sharing, then you can't open it for reading.

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Alex Feinman [MVP]

Right. E.g. desktop Word opens files in a way that sharing is completely
denied too.
 

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