I am storing some small amounts of data in an xml file using
XmlDocument. I basically do a .Load(filename), processing,
then .Save(filename). However, once and awhile on the .Load it will
say the file is in use by another process. This is the only program
to use that file. I am using C#. Any ideas on what is going on?

"SirPoonga" <kevin.jonas@gmail.comwrote in message
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>I am storing some small amounts of data in an xml file using
XmlDocument. I basically do a .Load(filename), processing,
then .Save(filename). However, once and awhile on the .Load it will
say the file is in use by another process. This is the only program
to use that file. I am using C#. Any ideas on what is going on?

I've seen this from time to time. When I so, I start to explicitly use a
TextWriter and put it into a using() statement:

using (TextWriter tw = File.CreateText("path"))
{
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
using (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(tw))
{
doc.WriteTo(writer);
}
}

If I get paranoid enough, I add tw.Flush(); before the final close bracket.

John