An update on this... I noticed that I can have the log file open in Notepad and run my application with no problem. The log file gets updated even with it open in Notepad!! When I close Notepad and then reopen the log file I can see the new log entries.
However, I can still not get my application to open its log file. I still get the error "process cannot access ... being used by another process". Does anyone have an application working that can view its own log file or know how to get this to work? Thanks, Randall Price Secure Enterprise Technology Initiatives Microsoft Implementation Group Virginia Tech Information Technology 1700 Pratt Drive Blacksburg, VA 24060 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (540) 231-4396 -----Original Message----- From: Price, Randall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 9:24 AM To: Log4NET User Subject: RE: FileAppender+MinimalLock not working as expected - Correction! Here is the code to open and read the log file: StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(strFileName); string strData = sr.ReadToEnd(); sr.Close(); txtData.Text = strData; As you can see I am not doing anything complex, just opening the file and reading the contents into a TextBox. Randall Price Secure Enterprise Technology Initiatives Microsoft Implementation Group Virginia Tech Information Technology 1700 Pratt Drive Blacksburg, VA 24060 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (540) 231-4396 -----Original Message----- From: Ron Grabowski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 6:15 PM To: Log4NET User Subject: Re: FileAppender+MinimalLock not working as expected - Correction! How are you trying to open the file in code? ----- Original Message ---- From: "Price, Randall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Log4NET User <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 4, 2007 4:49:27 PM Subject: RE: FileAppender+MinimalLock not working as expected - Correction! When my WinForms application is running I CAN double-click on the log file from Windows Explorer and open the log file in Notepad. But when I click my View Log File button on my application, I get the "process cannot access ... being used by another process" error message. However process should be the same process making the request to open the file for reading. Has anyone ever done something like this before?
