File fails to load when network failure

Question

Hi How can I go about writing this in C#. A File fails to load when the network is down. THank you Reetu

Binu Subi · Answer

When you are trying to access the file when your network is down it should throw you a trappable exception ( most likely an IOException )  catch this exception and handle it accordingly (like show a friendly message! ) Cheers

Reetu · Answer

The file is currently sitting in my local. This is just a scenario that I want my program to handle. If the file is on a network and the network is down I want to be in a position to display a message: Failed to load file because of Network Problems And I want this to be in c#.net Thanks

Brandon Turner · Answer

Well... is the file located on a network drive or on the internet somewhere? Do you need to read and write? If it is on a network drive you could use CopyFileEx with the COPY_FILE_RESTARTABLE which will ensure that it is able to get it once the network comes back up.