C#

[STAThread]
static void Main(string[] args)
{
	FileStream fs = File.Open(@"C:\bobbins.txt", FileMode.Open);
	Console.ReadLine();
	fs.Close();
}

snoby wrote:

How can i prevent user from deleting a file when the file is under use by another process ?

// this is just a concept ...
form onload()
   open file for reading
form_onclose()
   close file

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The only programmers that are better that C programmers are those who code in 1's and 0's


Programm3r
My Blog: ^_^

open file;
// ...
write data which shouldn't get lost;
close the file to save it; (*)
reopen it; 
// ...
and so on.

[STAThread]
static void Main(string[] args)
{
	using (FileStream fs = new FileStream(@"c:\output.txt", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write))
	{
		using (TextWriter t = new StreamWriter(fs))
		{
			t.WriteLine("0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789");
		}
	}
}