reading from file

[Tamer_Ahmed]

hi all i have alot of process reading from one file and i get system.io exception say cant not read from file coz its being used by another process
well i want check if the fiile busy or not b4 getting dat from it does anyone know how to handle it

 

[PlausiblyDamp]

Could you not just handle the exception and either wait a while or prompt the user to try again?

 

[donnacha]

If you are reading only from the files then I dont understandy why you have a problem. You should look at you code for opening the file and see if it is opened for more tha reading.