StreamWriter & xml reading problem

[Casper Hansen]

Hello. I have this wierd problem when im writing to a text file with data from a array I have this method:

    private void writeData()
    {
        // Open file
        StreamWriter writeData = new StreamWriter(saveMonsterSetBase.FileName, false);

        // Write all data from array to file
        for (int x = 0; x < MonsterSetBaseDataArray.Count; x++)
        {
            writeData.WriteLine(MonsterSetBaseDataArray\[x\]);
        }

        // Close stream
        writeData.Close();
    }

Which is trigged here:

        saveMonsterSetBase.ShowDialog();

        if (saveMonsterSetBase.FileName != "")
        {
            writeData();
        }

It works fine and opens my saveFileDialog But after I save it I get a "file not found" on some other method I use This is some of the method:

        // Opening txt file with location from XML
        StreamReader findMonsterStream = new StreamReader(@XMLmonsterLocation);

I get the error monster.txt (XMLmonsterLocation) is not found It looks like the writedata changes the local path because it says File not found in the path where I saved the file Example: The application and monster.txt (XMLmonsterLocation) is saved in D:\ I then use the saveFileDialog (I save a file to for example C:\) and when I access my method where I use the XMLmonsterLocation it says file not found in C:\ So I dont know why Hope you understand The StreamReader reads from a xml file that looks like this:

monster.txt
MonsterSetBase.txt
mobs\
maps\
maps\maps.txt

[Luc Pattyn]

Hi, Windows keeps a "current directory" for every process. There are several ways to modify the curdir, browsing with an Open/SaveFileDialog is one of them; check this: the second time you open such a dialog, it shows the folder you saw last. You can prevent this from persisting by setting FileDialog.RestoreDirectory true. In general you should not rely on the curdir, so basically your mistake is that the StreamReader uses a relative path. If you want it to always read files from your EXE's folder write code to enforce that; have a look at Application.StartUpPath :)

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