>>>I am using a StreamReader to read through a file. When I find the phrase I'm looking for, I then replace it with some other text. It is all appended to a string. I then close the StreamReader, and attempt to replace the file's contents with the new stirng using a streamwriter.
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>>>When I do
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>>>rdr.Close();
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>>>StreamWriter wr = new StreamWriter(FileName);
>>>wr.Write(NewText);
>>>wr.Close();
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>>>It errors on the StreamWriter saying the file is in use. You can see the Reader is closed.
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>>I think you must have the file open elsewhere.
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>>I do not have any problem
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>>ps: Why not use 'using' ?
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>'Using' might be safer but providing Close() is called then it calls Dispose() so no difference from a practical POV?


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