Force all open sessions to refresh their page when an XML file changes in asp.net

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I have a page that displays a grid populated from an XML file, all users can edit the file and I want the page to update to reflect any changes anyone has made to the XML file i've tried using a FileSystemWatcher object that monitors the XML files for changes and triggers a DataBind when it has changed, I get a "The process cannot access the file 'C:\..bbcrlog.xml' because it is being used by another process."

Is there a different way to do this?

I'm using a "XMLDataSource" and a datalist that is bound to the data source.

Posted 2-Jan-14 22:58pm

BenJBaker

Updated 2-Jan-14 23:04pm

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BenJBaker · Answer 1 · 2014-01-07T05:21:00

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Solved it by running a javascript function that uses jquery to read the xml and update the page dynamically, got rid of the XMLDataSource and datalist object..

Posted 7-Jan-14 5:21am

BenJBaker