How to over come the issue "Cannot create a file when that file already exists"

Posted Date: 05 Nov 2009 Posted By: Ramesh M Member Level: Silver Points: 1 Responses: 5

hi

this is Ramesh

i have winforms, i trying to copy the file one location to another,if same file name is there i need to overwrite, but i got error like "Cannot create a file when that file already exists."

but my query is i want to overwite what should i do?
but i'm trying File.copy and File.move method not in use same error come out....
i'm novice..in c#

advance wishes

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Author: vipul 05 Nov 2009 Member Level: Diamond Rating: Points: 2

Hi,
Please provide code here so can check that code and give solution for your query.

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Patel Vipul

Author: Anuraj 05 Nov 2009 Member Level: Diamond Rating: Points: 2

The Copy Method contains an Overwrite parameter.

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Anuraj
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Author: Anil Kumar Pandey 05 Nov 2009 Member Level: Diamond Rating: Points: 2

hi,

simply use the Over write option for the same, or delete the file before it created..


         if (File.Exists(strLogFile))
            {
                File.Delete(strLogFile);                
            }

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Anil Kumar Pandey

Author: Pannalal Sinha 05 Nov 2009 Member Level: Gold Rating: Points: 2

Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.FileSystem.CopyFile(sourcefilename,destinationfilename,true); //true for overwrite

Thanks
Panna

Author: yugandherReddy 10 Nov 2009 Member Level: Bronze Rating: Points: 2

use the following line..

File.Copy(@"C:\Xcalibur\tmuninst.ini", @"C:\Xcalibur\data\tmuninst.ini",true);

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