XMLReader: odd file in use error on opening the same file the second time.

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hi friends. i am learning c# and was building a simple "words i like" app.
it is for stroing a word and its meaning in a xml file.

a bit of oversimplified code -

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private void Form_Main_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    FileInfo fi = new FileInfo("words.xml");
    if (!fi.Exists || fi.Length == 0) initNewDataFile();
    c("Successfully opened the data file.");
    loadDataFile();
}

private void loadDataFile()
{
    c("Loading data...");
    XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(
        File.Open("words.xml", FileMode.Open));

    while (reader.Read())
    {
        if (reader.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element && reader.Name == "word")
        {
            comboBox_word.Items.Add(reader.GetAttribute("name"));
        }
    }
    c("Readstate before close: " + reader.ReadState.ToString());
    reader.Close();
    c("Readstate after close: " + reader.ReadState.ToString());
    c("Loading complete.");
}

private void initNewDataFile()
{
    XmlWriterSettings settings = new XmlWriterSettings();
    settings.Indent = true;
    //settings.NewLineOnAttributes = true;
    XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create("words.xml",settings);
    writer.WriteStartDocument();
    writer.WriteStartElement("words");

    writer.WriteStartElement("word");
    writer.WriteAttributeString("name", "atheist");
    writer.WriteValue("A person who believes that God does not exist.");
    writer.WriteEndElement();

    writer.WriteEndElement();
    writer.WriteEndDocument();
    writer.Flush();
    writer.Close();
    c("Created and initialized the data file.");
}

private void c(object o)
{ Console.WriteLine(o.ToString()); }

private void comboBox_word_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    c("selected index...");
<div style="margin-left:40px //this line produces exception:IOexception :The process cannot access the file //CrojectsWords I LikebinDebugwords.xml because it is being used by //another process.

<div style="margin-left:40px <span style="color:rgb(255,0,0) XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(File.Open("words.xml", FileMode.Open , FileAccess.Read ));
    while (reader.Read())
    {
        if (reader.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element && reader.Name == "word")
        {
            if (reader.GetAttribute("name") == (string)comboBox_word.SelectedItem)
                textBox_description.Text = reader.ReadString();
        }
    }
    reader.Close();
}


the red line above produces the IOException: "The process cannot access the file CrojectsWords I LikebinDebugwords.xml because it is being used by another process."

I cant seem to point out what is happening

btw the console output is ( by the c() )-
Successfully opened the data file.
Loading data...
Readstate before close: EndOfFile
Readstate after close: Closed
Loading complete.
selected index...
A first chance exception of type System.IO.IOException occurred in mscorlib.dll

i am no cleat about how the reader closes the file after access. any ideas?


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