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Hi,

I am using the FileSystemWatch er object to watch for a
specific file being created in a directory (with a
timeout):

fileWatcherResu lt = fileWatcher.Wai tForChanged
(WatcherChangeT ypes.Created, 180000);

After the file is crated I try to open it.
The problem is that the file is created by another
process and if I try to read from the file immediately
after it is created (i.e. after WaitForChanged returns)
then I get the error that the file is still in use by the
other process. If I put in a small delay before I read
the file then it works fine. Is there any simple way to
solve this without using the delay?

Thanks in advance
Jul 21 '05 #1
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