[RESOLVED] Attach Files to an E-Mail and Delete them

[admdev]

Hi all,

I am having a hard time deleting some files that I am attaching to an E-mail. After I send them, I want to archive them and delete them. The archive goes fine, but as soon as I try to delete them, I get an error stating "The file is in use by another process". I already tried by clearing the array I use to attach the files, but it does not help. This is what I am doing.

1. Create an array of file names within the directory and send it to a class, which is responsible for sending the E-mail with the attachments.

2. After the E-mail is sent, control is sent to the main code and I loop trhough the array to archive and delete the files.


Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

[boudino]

You need to close the file. Streams are IDisposable, so call Dispose() immediately you don't need them more, or use using statement over it.

[admdev]

boudino,

Thanks for your reply.

This is where I am calling the class.

SendEmail.SendMessage(sendTo, " ", emsubject,files);

files is the array of files.

And this is where I am adding the files to the attachments.

foreach (string file in filesToattach)
{
message.Attachments.Add(new Attachment(file));

}

Where and how should I use the Dispose()?

Thanks.

[boudino]

Call it on each item in files.

[admdev]

boudino,

I tried your suggestion, but I still get the error.

Could you provide some sample code?

Thanks.

[admdev]

Found the solution.

The message has to be disposed. In other words, after sending the message, call the dispose.

client.Send(message);

message.dispose();

Hope this helps somebody.