XML-XSL (File can't be accessed)

[callavin]

I have one application which is transforming the XML based on the XSL.
In that Application I am first dumping the transformed content in a temp file and then I am reading that dumped content in the stream and showing in the browser.
But this application sometimes gives me error
" File cannot be accessed as it is being used by some process"

the solution seems to me like this:
I should not write the content in any file instead of it I should put in memory, but question is how?
other
If I am using the file as a temporary then how to avoid this exception?


Thanks!!

[laasunde]

Do you close the temp file?

You could use filemon (http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Filemon.html) to see what process is using the file.

Could you show us the code you are using.

[callavin]

XPathDocument myXPathDocument = new XPathDocument(xmlfileName);
XslCompiledTransform myXslTransform = new XslCompiledTransform();
XmlTextWriter writer = new XmlTextWriter(tempFileName, null);
myXslTransform.Load(xslFileName);
myXslTransform.Transform(myXPathDocument,null, writer);
writer.Close();
stream = new StreamReader(tempFileName);
string toReturn = stream.ReadToEnd().ToString();

And this string I am showing in the browser.
The question is how to avoid this file operation?

[callavin]

Closing the stream will make the application not to give the exception, but still the unnecessary file operation which is taking place can be reduced.
any idea about that??

[laasunde]

Not sure if this is what you are looking for but have a look at MemoryStream (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.memorystream.aspx).