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nope, it's a voice communication program called ventrilo...but it should be possible to look at the file, i mean, notepad can do it, why can't my program do it? would i need a lower level language?

the code all works fine, unless service creating the log file is open... when it's open, it gives me an error stating: The process cannot access the file "C:\...\ventrilo_srv.log" because it is being used by another process. but notepad can still open it... I've tried using read-only...but that does not work here is the (relevant) code anyway: Dim srLog As StreamReader ' Open the file to read. srLog = File.OpenText(filePath) ' Read each line in the file into the array While srLog.Peek <> -1 ReDim Preserve strLogLines(index) strLogLines(index) = srLog.ReadLine() index += 1 End While

I'm trying to read a log file from a program and insert the events in an easy-to-manage database. I can open the file in notepad, and i can see everything, but when I try to access the file, it gives me an error saying another process is using this file. I know the process is using the file, and it is being updated...when i stop the program that makes the log file, i can read it fine, so I know there are no apparent errors that might indirectly cause this problem. SUMMARY: how do you open a file while in use by another process (only read permission is needed). I can open it in notepad while the process is running, so I know its possible.