StreamReader And Writer : Stream Read Write : File Stream C# Source Code

    

/*
 * C# Programmers Pocket Consultant
 * Author: Gregory S. MacBeth
 * Email: gmacbeth@comporium.net
 * Create Date: June 27, 2003
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 * Version: 1
 */
using System;
using System.IO;

namespace Client.Chapter_11___File_and_Streams
{
  public class StreamReaderAndWriter {
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
      StreamReader MyStreamReader = new StreamReader(@"c:\Projects\Testing.txt");

      //If you need to control share permissions when creating a file you
      //use FileStream with StreamReader
      FileStream MyFileStream = new FileStream(@"c:\Projects\Testing.txt", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.None);
      StreamReader MyStreamReader2 = new StreamReader(MyFileStream);

      MyFileStream.Close();
      MyStreamReader2.Close();

      //The easiest way to Read a stream is to use the ReadLine method.
      //This method reads until it gets to the end of a line, but ...
      //it does not copy the carriage return line feed /n/r.
      string MyStringReader = MyStreamReader.ReadLine();

      //You can also read the whole file by using the following
      string MyStringReadToEOF = MyStreamReader.ReadToEnd();

      //The other route is to read one character at a time
      int[] MyArrayOfCharacters = new int[100];

      for (int i = 0; i < 99; i++)
      {
        MyArrayOfCharacters[i] = MyStreamReader.Read();
      }

      MyStreamReader.Close();
    }
  }

}