Multiple application accessing same file

[jaleel]

Hi

I have a dll(say DLL1) which log the execution sequence into a text file dll1.txt . Two applications ,say APP1 and APP2 (running in the same machine) are using the DLL1 . The problem is, sometimes, therre is a chance that APP1 and APP2 access the DLL1 which in turn accesses the text file at the same time. This leads to a contention betweeen applications and applications halt.
The code for Logging is thread safe within an application. That is, even if the a single application has got more than one threads, it will be managed.

Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance

[jaleel]

Hi guys,

I solved the issue by using a concept called system level mutex include in System.Threading.Mutex class of .NET.


These are the some links helped me to solve this issue.

http://www.informit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=dotnet&seqNum=605
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa332344(VS.71).aspx


Thanks everybody