To check the file is saved completely or not (by other application)

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I have a situation where an application will save an image file in a specific directory. I need to find out whether or not the image file is saved completely. The application can not be modified to fire an event or pass a message to my application. I need to observe the directory and find out whether the image is copied fully or not.

Quick response is appreciated.
Thanks in advance. :)

Posted 29-Sep-10 1:42am

Mrudula DD

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#realJSOP · Answer 1 · 2010-09-29T01:44:00

Solution 1

You want to look into using the FileSystemWatcher object. There are a lot of articles here on CodeProject about it.

Posted 29-Sep-10 1:44am

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Updated 29-Sep-10 1:45am

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Eugen Podsypalnikov · Answer 2 · 2010-09-29T01:47:00

Solution 2

If a file is saved completely,
it can be opened (by your app) in write-mode... :-D

Posted 29-Sep-10 1:47am

Eugen Podsypalnikov