writing to txtfiles

[rcwoods]

Hi I need some help I have a bit of code that i got from the tutorials on writing to text file. Problem is they used binary formatter.I dont want the text to be encrypted in binary.I want to see what has been written to txt. int id = int.Parse(textBox1.Text); string name = textBox2.Text; //create a new employee object Employee mp = new Employee(id, name); stream = File.Open("EmployeeInfo.txt",FileMode.Create,FileAccess.ReadWrite); BinaryFormatter bformatter = new BinaryFormatter(); bformatter.Serialize(stream, mp); stream.Close(); If someone could please help me out

[Robert Rohde]

Use the SoapFormatter[^] instead.

[Guffa]

I think that you are reading the wrong tutorial. That code is not writing a text file, it's serializing an object to a binary file. Use the File.CreateText method to create a text file. --- b { font-weight: normal; }

[ideru]

if you are just writing to a normal txt file just use normal File create operations. string fname = "C:\\test.txt" using(StreamWriter sw = File.CreateText(fname)) { sw.WriteLine(data_to_be_written); }

[SysJey]

StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(@"c:\filename.txt",false); sw.WriteLine((char)15); /// set char size while printing:laugh: sw.WriteLine("My name is: Jey"); sw.Close(); If u execute this code the text "My name is: Jey" inside the txt file. in "C Drive" and the file name "filename.txt" Jey