However Notepad isn't the most advanced application shipped with Windows <g>, so you could easily create a new version which supports shared read/write...
Andreas Häber ----- Original Message ----- From: "Willy Denoyette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 10:47 AM Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Open file > The problem is with Notepad that opens the file in exclusive mode when saving. > Simply put there is no (easy) way to share a file with notepad, when you open a file in notepad, the file contents is > read into an internal buffer and the file is closed when done. When you save the buffer to the file, the file is opened > in exclusive mode and the file is rewritten completely, when another process has the same file open with shared > read/write access, notepad fails to open the file in non-shared mode. > > Willy. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pierre Greborio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 8:31 AM > Subject: [DOTNET] Open file > > > > Hi, > > How to open a file in a non exclusive manner ? I need to read a file > > that is edited (and saved) with notepad at the same time. The following > > construct does'n work: > > > > fs = File.Open(logFile, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.ReadWrite, > > FileShare.ReadWrite); > > > > Thank you > > Pierre > > > > ----------------------------------------------- > > Pierre Greborio > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.pierregreborio.it > > ----------------------------------------------- > > > > You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or > > subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. > > > > You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or > subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. > > You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
