Getting this Error message....any one know y???

asela Wijesooriya

i using this codes.....some times i get this error message...any one know why????

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

this is the message but its not using any other process...

here is my code

foreach (ListViewItem item in listView2.SelectedItems)
                        {
                            listView2.FocusedItem = listView2.Items[item.Index];
                            DSOFile.OleDocumentPropertiesClass file = new DSOFile.OleDocumentPropertiesClass();
                            file.Open(listView2.FocusedItem.Text, false, DSOFile.dsoFileOpenOptions.dsoOptionOpenReadOnlyIfNoWriteAccess);

                            file.SummaryProperties.Title = tbxTitle.Text;
                            file.SummaryProperties.Subject = tbxSubject.Text;
                            file.SummaryProperties.Keywords = tbxKeywords.Text;
                            file.SummaryProperties.Author = tbxAuthor.Text;
                            file.SummaryProperties.Comments = tbxComments.Text;
                            file.Close(true);
                            MessageBox.Show("Changes Added into Selected File");
                        }

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asela Wijesooriya17y ago
yaits true.....i was using images in drag drop method too...soo i cannot access them again....
Lisa17y ago
try checking if you havent open the file anywhere else and if not then put down a try catch block to catch innerexception which could be helpful to trace out the problem.

Thanks,
Lisa
asela Wijesooriya17y ago
the file i loaded from local disk mean from my hard disk.file contain an image so i cannot access Image(Loacted in Hard Disk) or file(mean DSOFile.OLE Doc....Prop..Class. file = new OleDoc......Prop.....class())

you mean i cannot use this new created ole doc file in another process am i correct???can i accss Image that i loaded in to file....???
Mirko Meier17y ago
Are you sure, that you haven't open the file with another program?

The message means, that any other process uses the file, which you try to open. It can be a another thread in your program, or another application on your workstation.