FileSystemWatcher and network disconnect?

Question

How can I make it work in a network? It works then it stops working without reason (maybe because the network isn't perfect).

Answer 1

You need to reconnect with FileSystemWatcher.

Make your variable of type FileSystemWatcher global to your class, add the event WatcherError.

Inside the method, add something like that :

  private static void WatcherError(object source, ErrorEventArgs e)
  {
     watcher = new FileSystemWatcher();//You might want to do a method and to setup all config...
     while (!watcher.EnableRaisingEvents)
     {
        try
        {
           watcher = new FileSystemWatcher();//You might want to do a method and to setup all config...
        }
        catch
        {
           System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(30000); //Wait for retry 30 sec.
        }
     }
  }

You do not want to use watcher = new... you would prefer to have a method that will add all event and setup the path but the code above give you a good idea of what to do.