No, but Word, which is an advanced application, neither doesn't support shared write access ;-).
Willy. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andreas Häber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 11:26 AM Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Open file > 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. > You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
