Access Denied when creating file in Visual F#

Question

The following code runs without a hitch:

On the other hand, I get an access-denied error with this:

The destination is in my personal folder and I have full control. The directory is not read-only. Anyway, in either of those cases, the first code sample should not run either! I appreciate the help ...

Answer 1

In the second sample, you have two problems:

1. There are back slashes instead of forward slashes, so some of them may get interpreted as escape sequences.
2. You completely ignore the first parameter of write and specify what I assume is a folder as destination. You can't open a file stream on a folder, no wonder you get access denied.

This should work:

let write filename (ms:MemoryStream) =
  let path = System.IO.Path.Combine( "C:/Users/<whatever>/signal_processor", filename )
  use fs = new FileStream( path, FileMode.Create )
  ms.WriteTo(fs)