Does File.Exist lock jpg files?

[tino]

I use File.Exist to check whether a certain image exists. Upon successfull
check I want to use the file further but I always get a "The process cannot
access the file because it is being used by another application".
If I do the same exercise with another type (.MID) it works just fine.
Anyone ever come across this?
Grateful for all the help.

[aaron.kempf]

i'd definitely be interested in this answer

i sure hope it doesn't

are these jpgs in a web server??

-Aaron

[gene kelley]

On Mon, 8 May 2006 14:04:01 -0700, tino
<ti**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

I use File.Exist to check whether a certain image exists. Upon successfull
check I want to use the file further but I always get a "The process cannot
access the file because it is being used by another application".
If I do the same exercise with another type (.MID) it works just fine.
Anyone ever come across this?
Grateful for all the help.

If you mean something like this:

If File.Exists("c:\test.jpg") Then
PictureBox1.Image = Image.FromFile("c:\test.jpg")
Else
MessageBox.Show("File not found")
End If

Above works as expected, here.

Gene