File IO - making sure a file is not in use

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Language: VB.Net
Framework: 2.0
IDE: Visual Studio 2005
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Hi,

I have an application which makes use of File IO*and*I keep running into a*problem where a txt file is still be used by some process even after I close readers/writers.​

Is there a way to make sure all processes on a file are stoped or do some kind of check to see if the file is not being used by something else.​

I'll explain a little bit of*what I am doing incase it helps solves my problem.​

I*have a .txt file*which my application writes label information too. Each line in the txt file is a new label. After application writes to the .txt*file it closes the writer.​

I also have a function which uses a reader loop to*count the lines in the txt file to see how many labels*the application has*written. After the loop is finished the reader closes.​

Once the user clicks*a "make label" button if the count of labels is not zero*my application automates MS word, opens a pre-saved doc file*with a table in it, then reads each line from the txt file into a different tabel cell. After the loop for writing info into the cells is finished the reader for the txt file is closed, deleted, and a new .txt file is created. The MS word doc is then*saved and made visible to the user.​

I sometimes get a file io error if the user clicks the "make label" button again within 60 seconds of this process finishing. (after the .doc file is shown)​

Basicly the error says the .txt file is still in use.​

I believe the problem occurs because the file io has not finished recreating the .txt file after it's deleted, but I don't understand why it takes so long or what I can do to make sure the txt file is created (and not in use) before my application tries to use it again.​

Is there a way to make sure all processes on a file are stoped or do some kind of check to see if the file is not being used by something else.​

Thanks for any help​

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