//<snippet4>
private bool GetPrefsForUser()
{
try
{
//<Snippet15>
// Retrieve an IsolatedStorageFile for the current Domain and Assembly.
IsolatedStorageFile isoFile =
IsolatedStorageFile.GetStore(IsolatedStorageScope.User |
IsolatedStorageScope.Assembly |
IsolatedStorageScope.Domain,
null,
null);
IsolatedStorageFileStream isoStream =
new IsolatedStorageFileStream("substituteUsername",
System.IO.FileMode.Open,
System.IO.FileAccess.Read,
System.IO.FileShare.Read);
//</Snippet15>
// The code executes to this point only if a file corresponding to the username exists.
// Though you can perform operations on the stream, you cannot get a handle to the file.
try
{
SafeFileHandle aFileHandle = isoStream.SafeFileHandle;
Console.WriteLine("A pointer to a file handle has been obtained. "
+ aFileHandle.ToString() + " "
+ aFileHandle.GetHashCode());
}
catch (Exception e)
{
// Handle the exception.
Console.WriteLine("Expected exception");
Console.WriteLine(e);
}
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(isoStream);
// Read the data.
this.NewsUrl = reader.ReadLine();
this.SportsUrl = reader.ReadLine();
reader.Close();
isoFile.Close();
return(false);
}
catch (System.IO.FileNotFoundException)
{
// Expected exception if a file cannot be found. This indicates that we have a new user.
return(true);
}
}