I have this code that saves a pdf file.
FileStream fs = new FileStream(SaveLocation, FileMode.Create);
fs.Write(result.DocumentBytes, 0, result.DocumentBytes.Length);
fs.Flush();
fs.Close();
It works fine. However sometimes it does not release the lock right away and that causes file locking exceptions with functions run after this one run.
Is there a ideal way to release the file lock right after the fs.Close()
Here's the ideal:
using (var fs = new FileStream(SaveLocation, FileMode.Create))
{
fs.Write(result.DocumentBytes, 0, result.DocumentBytes.Length);
}
which is roughly equivalent to:
FileStream fs = null;
try
{
fs = new FileStream(SaveLocation, FileMode.Create);
fs.Write(result.DocumentBytes, 0, result.DocumentBytes.Length);
}
finally
{
if (fs != null)
{
((IDisposable)fs).Dispose();
}
}
the using being more readable.
UPDATE:
@aron, now that I'm thinking
File.WriteAllBytes(SaveLocation, result.DocumentBytes);
looks even prettier to the eye than the ideal :-)