c# creating file using memorystream instead of textwriter

c# memorystream
tmcallaghan picture tmcallaghan · Apr 23, 2009 · Viewed 65.6k times · Source

I have an application that is currently creating a text file to import into an accounting application. It is using the following code to create the file and write lines to it:

    TextWriter tw = new StreamWriter(ExtractFileName);

    tw.WriteLine("ref\tACCOUNT\tbatch\tDEBIT\tCREDIT\tDesc");

I now need to create multiple extract files and plan on compressing them into a single .zip file using SharpZipLib (#ziplib) and want to change my code to do the text file creation "in memory" and using that to create my zip file. I think I should be creating/using a MemoryStream but can't figure out how to port my existing code.

Thanks.

Answer

Peter Lillevold picture Peter Lillevold · Apr 23, 2009

You could do:

MemoryStream  memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
TextWriter tw = new StreamWriter(memoryStream);

tw.WriteLine("ref\tACCOUNT\tbatch\tDEBIT\tCREDIT\tDesc");

Related questions

Save and load MemoryStream to/from a file

I am serializing an structure into a MemoryStream and I want to save and load the serialized structure. So, How to Save a MemoryStream into a file and also load it back from file?

Read More
Attach a file from MemoryStream to a MailMessage in C#

I am writing a program to attach a file to email. Currently I am saving file using FileStream into disk, and then I use System.Net.Mail.MailMessage.Attachments.Add( new System.Net.Mail.Attachment("file name")); I do not …

Read More
Serializing/deserializing with memory stream

I'm having an issue with serializing using memory stream. Here is my code: /// <summary> /// serializes the given object into memory stream /// </summary> /// <param name="objectType">the object to be serialized</param> /// <…

Read More