Could you tell me what you're calling, and in what order, and also from where

One immediate thought could be that you're using the wrong event on the FileSystemWatcher, that might be locking the file so the 3rd party component can't access it.  The fact that the try catch doesn't work, could be down to poor error handling in that component

What event is the FileSystemWatcher using?  If it's modified, I'd guess the above may be true

Look forward to hearing from you

Martin
   
    ----- Mike Fegter wrote: ----
   
    I am a bit confused.  I am using a 3rd party COM object
    that adds records to a SQL DB through OLE (that's what
    they use).  I can get this working perfectly in .NET.
    Now, when I add the FileSystemWatcher to the code,
    watching for new files.  Upon a new file, read the file
    and use that information with the COM object to insert
    into the DB.  When the FileSystemWatcher is involved,
    there is some kind of error when trying to instantiate the
    COM object, and completely kills the application.  I have
    the code within a Try Catch and still bombs without
    reaching the Catch.  Any ideas on this??  Feel free to ask
    more specific questions if you have any!!  Thanks