Access Denied when writing to a file.can you help?

"Access denied" can mean several things, like insufficient permission, or the file you're trying to write/create is already existing and is in used by others, or the file simply is locked.

Can you provide us more information about the error, like the stack trace?

-chris

I have tested both on my laptop logged as administrator and at work
I have looked in
admistrative tools
Computer Management
Local Users and groups
and myself is a member of
"Administrators"
Debugger Users
Users

I have also unchecked the readonly on the folder but after apply and go back it's there again
Is there a permission "write to folders"

I am trying to create an xml file in a newly created folder in an windows app using vb.net 2005

What do I need to do?

Thanks for your quick reply

the actual error i get is "access to path 'c:\test' denied
For testing I created a form with a button and textbox multiline.

I need to create an xml file and write and read from it with the following structure

I have tried creating it using the

<GeneratedSPs>
<StoredProcedure Name="Customer_ReadAll" ReturnType="DataTable"/>
<StoredProcedure Name="Customer_Read" ReturnType="DataTable"/>
<"/GeneratedSPs>

or any other structure that i could have "Name and return type"

Private Sub WriteXml() Dim xtw As XmlTextWriter Dim xmlFileName As String = String.Empty Dim fsOut As IO.FileStream Dim path As String = "C:\TestFolder" ' Try '//Open the file and read it's contents '//if it exists filemode.create will overwrite it fsOut = New IO.FileStream(path, IO.FileMode.Create) '// Create the output XML file. xtw = New XmlTextWriter(fsOut, System.Text.Encoding.UTF8) With xtw .Indentation = 4 '// Start the document. '// Writes the XML declaration with the version "1.0" '//and the standalone attribute. .WriteStartDocument(True) '//Add a comment .WriteComment("Xml file of the function calls to generate.") '//add root element .WriteStartElement("GeneratedSPS") Dim lvwItem As ListViewItem = Nothing ' For Each lvwItem In DualSps.RightListView.Items '//add Children to the root element .WriteStartElement("StoredProcedure") .WriteAttributeString("Name", "Customer_ReadAll") .WriteAttributeString("ReturnType", "dataset") .WriteEndElement() ' Next '//end root element .WriteEndElement() End With ' Catch ex As Exception 'Finally ' xtextHelp.FinishXmlTextDocument(xtw) 'fsOut.Close() ' End Try End Sub private sub

It looks like some permission.Your help will be very much appreciated

thanks again
vbjunkie

Hi,
Quickly I have noticed that by putting also the name of the file it does create the xml file.

HOw silly of me.

Thanks for spotting.

vbjunkie