"The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process"

[jeffpeters]

"The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process"

Hi

I am trying to store some data locally in an .xml file to minimise traffic to the database and while I can read it without problem with the readonly XMLTextReader object, trying to overwrite it results in the following error.

The process cannot access the file 'C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\SurveyBuilder\xml\surveyrank.xml' because it is being used by another process.

How can I get around this locking while other files are reading it???

Thanks in advance

Jeff

 

[JohnH]

You can't unless the other app change its access mode or change code to release the file sometimes.