UnauthorizedAccessException on MemoryMappedFile in C# 4

Question

I wanted to play around with using a MemoryMappedFile to access an existing binary file. If this even at all possible or am I a crazy person?

The idea would be to ma

Answer 1

If the size is more than the file length, it gives the UnAuthorized Access exception. Because we are trying to access memory beyond the limits of the file.

var view = mmf.CreateViewAccessor(offset, size, MemoryMappedFileAccess.Read);