C#/XML file naming problem

[eggie5]

Ok, so I have this app that you fill in your subject and then the message and then it formats it in the particular way i told it to, onto my webserver as a .xml file.... XmlTextWriter writer = new XmlTextWriter("poofacedjohn.xml", null); But, what I need is for the name of the xml file not to be poofacedjohn.xml, but rather the year, month, day, hour, and minute of the local machine... like..... 20030426_1718.xml 2003 04 26 17 18 |year||month||day|_|hour||minute| how would I acheive this...? I can do it in asp.net, but it's not working for me as just a regular windows app. /\ |_ E X E GG

[Mark Smithson]

How are you trying do it, and what errors are you getting?

[Richard Deeming]

Try:

string name = DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMdd_hhmm") + ".xml";
XmlTextWriter writer = new XmlTextWriter(name, null);

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[eggie5]

ok, i'll try it when I get home. /\ |_ E X E GG

[eggie5]

Im not getting an error, because I don't know how to do it.... that's my problem... any suggestions? /\ |_ E X E GG

[eggie5]

Wow, I can't believe I didn't think of that myselft... that's just what I needed, thanks dude. /\ |_ E X E GG

[eggie5]

Wait, one more thing... I have this programed saved in ... C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\WebLog\Entries\bin and it's working fine, but I need the .xml to be saved in.... C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\WebLog\Entries How can I change the following to save the .xml file in the \Entries folder? string fileName = DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMdd_hhmm") + ".xml"; XmlTextWriter writer = new XmlTextWriter(fileName, null); /\ |_ E X E GG

[eggie5]

Wait, nevermind... I figured it out myself... string fileName = DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMdd_hhmm") + ".xml"; XmlTextWriter writer = new XmlTextWriter("C:/inetpub/wwwroot/weblog/entries/"+ fileName, null); /\ |_ E X E GG