openfiledialog control locks folder

[juststarter]

Hello all,
I am using an openFileDialog box to select a file (in order to insert it in
a database). When the file is selected i am filling a few textboxes with the
actual path, filename and extension of the file, so i no longer need the
openfiledialog, thus i am using openfiledialog1.reset() method to reset it.
(i have also tried openfiledialog.dispose() with no results)
The problem i am encountering is that the folder in which the selected file
resides is somehow locked by the application and i can not rename/copy/etc if
i do not close the application (or reopen the openFileDialog to select
another folder).
Is there a way to release the lock on the folder without closing the app ?
Thx in advance
theodore

[Cor Ligthert]

Theodore,

That is most unlikely what you tell, I never saw this in these dotNet
newsgroups. Are you sure you have all files closed after using?

Cor

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"juststarter" <ju*********@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:

I am using an openFileDialog box to select a file (in order to insert it
in
a database). When the file is selected i am filling a few textboxes with
the
actual path, filename and extension of the file, so i no longer need the
openfiledialog, thus i am using openfiledialog1.reset() method to reset
it.
(i have also tried openfiledialog.dispose() with no results)
The problem i am encountering is that the folder in which the selected
file
resides is somehow locked by the application and i can not rename/copy/etc
if
i do not close the application (or reopen the openFileDialog to select
another folder).

I am able to reproduce this behavior using .NET 1.1 SP1, Windows XP
Professional SP2. Setting the file dialog's 'RestoreDirectory' property to
'True' seems to fix the problem.

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M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

[Cor Ligthert]

Herfried,

Than I saw it now for the first time.
(And remember that of course)
:-)

Cor