Writing and reading from a txt file in windows application using c#

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hey guys please help,am creating a game in C# windows application the aim of the game is to make all the buttons red so if all the buttons are red a form is displayed asking for the player's name,so the name entered by the player should be displayed when the other called top score is clicked on the main interface of the game.all i know is that a txt file has to be created and the name will be stored on it then for the name to displayed on another form it will be taken from the same file but i dont know how to go about that..

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2011-09-01T06:00:00

Solution 2

The simplest way (not the most efficient, but certainly the easiest for a beginner) would be

C#

string[] lines = File.ReadAllLines(@"F:\Temp\NamesFile.txt");

and

C#

File.WriteAllLines(@"F:\Temp\NamesFile.txt", lines);

All you have to do is modify the lines array between the two statements!

Posted 1-Sep-11 6:00am

OriginalGriff

Orjan Westin · Answer 2 · 2011-09-01T06:00:00

Solution 1

You'll want to use the classes TextReader and TextWriter.

There is an example here at MSDN[^]

Posted 1-Sep-11 6:00am

Orjan Westin

Abhinav S · Answer 3 · 2011-09-01T06:03:00

Solution 3

Why don't you do a search on the internet.
I got some examples -
http://www.csharp-station.com/HowTo/ReadWriteTextFile.aspx[^]
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816149[^]
http://www.java2s.com/Code/CSharp/File-Stream/ReadandWriteaTextFile.htm[^]
http://bytes.com/topic/net/insights/673819-write-read-text-file-c[^]

Posted 1-Sep-11 6:03am

Abhinav S

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Member 8168059 1-Sep-11 12:14pm

Thanks for the reference....

Abhinav S 2-Sep-11 2:14am

You are welcome.
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wizardzz · Answer 4 · 2011-09-01T07:34:00

Solution 4

You could also very easily use a database for this. Have you considered a DB solution?

Posted 1-Sep-11 7:34am

wizardzz

Updated 1-Sep-11 7:35am

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Mohammad A Rahman · Answer 5 · 2011-09-01T20:11:00

Solution 5

It might help,

How to: Read Text from a File
[^]

:)

Posted 1-Sep-11 20:11pm

Mohammad A Rahman