OpenXML - ASP .NET application - File remains locked/open by another process

Hello,

My ASP.NET application uses OpenXML to populate an Excel spreadsheet. If the user closes the browser when OpenXML is processing the spreadsheet, OpenXML keeps the file open or locked, so trying to open the file with Excel or to delete the file thru the OS, produces an error "file open by another process"

Are there any work-arounds to prevent or solve this problem? How can this be avoided?

Thanks in advance,

Richard

Hi Richard

How do you make the output file available to the end users? By providing them a link to the file I presume.

I can't see any reason that the file end user download is still been used by your asp.net application.

Could you post some of your code please.

Thanks