.net "cant open file because it is being used by another process."prob

[A1METALHEAD]

hello! i just have a quick question: why would it come up with a
"cant onpen file because it is being used by another process" exeption? i have some code (much to0 big to post here) that makes one filestream (set to 'index.dat'), then one binaryreader from that stream. the reader reads index.dat and looks for a number (the number is how many names is in index.dat) then it loops thru that many times, and each loop grabs a stirng from index.dat and opens 'members\ + the string it grabed + .dat' adn creates another filestream, and another reader off that stream. here is a code snippit from where im getting the error:

		BinaryWriter* br = new BinaryWriter( fs );
		br->BaseStream->Seek( 0 , SeekOrigin::Begin );

		br->Write( memberInfo->Count );

		for( int i = 0; i < memberInfo->Count; i++ )
		{
			infoParams* temp = dynamic_cast<infoParams*>(memberInfo->Item[i]);
			br->Write( temp->name );

			String* msg = new String("");
			msg = msg->Insert( msg->Length , home );
			msg = msg->Insert( msg->Length , "Members\\" );
			msg = msg->Insert( msg->Length , temp->name );
			msg = msg->Insert( msg->Length , ".dat" );

			FileStream* fs2;
			try
			{
				fs2 = new FileStream( msg , FileMode::OpenOrCreate , FileAccess::ReadWrite );
			}
			catch( DirectoryNotFoundException* e )
			{
				MessageBox::Show( e->ToString() );
				return;
			}
			BinaryWriter* br2 = new BinaryWriter( fs2 );
			br2->BaseStream->Seek( 0 , SeekOrigin::Begin );

			br2->Write( temp->rank );
			br2->Write( temp->nickname );
			br2->Write( temp->task );
			br2->Write( temp->e_mail );

			br2->Write( temp->finished );
			br2->Write( temp->failed );

			if( temp->active )
				br2->Write( S"act" );
			else
				br2->Write( S"ina" );
		}

Thanks!
~metalhead

 

[Bartec]

Looks me that u have opened this file in other program. Check it! Did you compile your program? If yes try to run it out of VC.NET

 

[A1METALHEAD]

ok, i found out what happend... it dosent like having two filestreams at on the same file at a time.. so, i just made an ArrayList() of all the filestreams that i ever opend, and when i need that file, i just take them outta my ArrayList()... thanks anyway!