File Ovewrite impossibility

[Ron M. Newman]

Hi,

My app has a config file that's saved as binary.

Creating it works.
Reading it works.
Overwriting it simply doesn't work and doesn't even throw an exception.

This is what I use: It works for the initial creation but not for
overwriting!

stream = new FileStream("MyApp.configuration",
FileMode.Create,
FileAccess.Write);

Any ideas?

Thanks
Ron

[Ron M. Newman]

Sorry: My Bad.

The pathname I gave had only a filename and the open file dialog changed the
default folder as I went along - throwing off the overwrite target to the
last folder i browsed. This made it look as if the file is not written even
though no exception is thrown. The truth is the file WAS written - just not
where I expected it to be!

Ron

"Ron M. Newman" <co**********@confideltial.comwrote in message
news:ex**************@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

Hi,

My app has a config file that's saved as binary.

Creating it works.
Reading it works.
Overwriting it simply doesn't work and doesn't even throw an exception.

This is what I use: It works for the initial creation but not for
overwriting!

stream = new FileStream("MyApp.configuration",
FileMode.Create,
FileAccess.Write);

Any ideas?

Thanks
Ron

[Vadym Stetsyak]

Hello, Ron!

After constructing file stream, did you write to that stream? What happens
to the file?
Is it truncated or appended?

You wrote on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 17:55:50 -0400:

RMNHi,

RMNMy app has a config file that's saved as binary.

RMNCreating it works.
RMNReading it works.
RMNOverwriting it simply doesn't work and doesn't even throw an
RMNexception.

RMNThis is what I use: It works for the initial creation but not for
RMNoverwriting!

RMNstream = new FileStream("MyApp.configuration",
RMN FileMode.Create,
RMN FileAccess.Write);

RMNAny ideas?

RMNThanks
RMN Ron


--
With best regards, Vadym Stetsyak.
Blog: http://vadmyst.blogspot.com

[Ron M. Newman]

Hi: read previous message (FALSE ALARM)

Thanks,
Ron

"Vadym Stetsyak" <va*****@ukr.netwrote in message
news:uc**************@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

Hello, Ron!

After constructing file stream, did you write to that stream? What happens
to the file?
Is it truncated or appended?

You wrote on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 17:55:50 -0400:

RMNHi,

RMNMy app has a config file that's saved as binary.

RMNCreating it works.
RMNReading it works.
RMNOverwriting it simply doesn't work and doesn't even throw an
RMNexception.

RMNThis is what I use: It works for the initial creation but not for
RMNoverwriting!

RMNstream = new FileStream("MyApp.configuration",
RMN FileMode.Create,
RMN FileAccess.Write);

RMNAny ideas?

RMNThanks
RMN Ron


--
With best regards, Vadym Stetsyak.
Blog: http://vadmyst.blogspot.com