winforms - VB.NET Checking if a File is Open before proceeding with a Read/Write?

Question

Is there a method to verify that a file is open? The only thing I can think of is the Try/Catch to see if i can catch the file-open exception but I figured that a method be available to return true/false if file is open.

Currently using System.IO and the following code under class named Wallet.

    Private holdPath As String = "defaultLog.txt"
    Private _file As New FileStream(holdPath, FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.ReadWrite)
    Private file As New StreamWriter(_file)

    Public Function Check(ByVal CheckNumber As Integer, ByVal CheckAmount As Decimal) As Decimal
        Try
            file.WriteLine("testing")
            file.Close()
        Catch e As IOException
          'Note sure if this is the proper way.
        End Try

        Return 0D
    End Function

Any pointers will be appreciated! Thank you!!

Answer 1

Private Sub IsFileOpen(ByVal file As FileInfo)
    Dim stream As FileStream = Nothing
    Try
        stream = file.Open(FileMode.Open, FileAccess.ReadWrite, FileShare.None)
        stream.Close()
    Catch ex As Exception

        If TypeOf ex Is IOException AndAlso IsFileLocked(ex) Then
            ' do something here, either close the file if you have a handle, show a msgbox, retry  or as a last resort terminate the process - which could cause corruption and lose data
        End If
    End Try
End Sub

Private Shared Function IsFileLocked(exception As Exception) As Boolean
    Dim errorCode As Integer = Marshal.GetHRForException(exception) And ((1 << 16) - 1)
    Return errorCode = 32 OrElse errorCode = 33
End Function

Call it like this:

Call IsFileOpen(new FileInfo(filePath))