The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.

hello programmers..,

i am trying to use excel file in code which contains students data.
i tried to upload excel file in ASP.NET. and it worked fine for first time but for second time it gives me an error

"The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process."

i am stuck on this can anyone know the solution to this.

i am using office 2003.

re: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.

It sounds like you never closed your stream. Make sure you do that.

re: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.

Also make sure you call the the Dispose() method when you are finished with the file to release the resource.

re: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.

i have released all connections already.....
still its not working....

re: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.

Well, load up process explorer and find out what has a lock on your file.

We really can't tell anything until you post some code for us. We can't tell you what's going wrong without seeing anything.