MADNESS

[eggie5]

I was building the following code and I get this error, "The call is ambiguous between the following methods or properties: 'string.String(char[])' and 'string.String(sbyte*)'"

		FileStream strmSettings;
		XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
		XmlNode nSetting;       
		string filePath =new String(null);

		strmSettings = File.Open("options.xml", FileMode.Open);
		xmlDoc.Load(strmSettings);

		nSetting = xmlDoc.SelectSingleNode("/options");
		if(nSetting != null)
			filePath = nSetting.InnerText;

		strmSettings.Close();
		
		
		string fileName = DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMdd\_hhmm") + ".xml";
		XmlTextWriter writer = new XmlTextWriter(filePath + fileName, null);

What does this non sense mean? /\ |_ E X E GG

[J Dunlap]

This is the line that does it:

string filePath =new String(null);

There are many different versions (overloads) of the String constructor, each of which take different arguments. The compiler can't figure out which one to use. Either do:

string filePath = "";

OR

string filePath =new String();

OR

string filePath;

The way you have it, compiler can't figure out whether it's (char)null or (sbyte)null.

"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." - Jesus
"An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind." - Mahatma Gandhi

[eggie5]

I've got it under control now... thanks... /\ |_ E X E GG

[Philip Fitzsimons]

string filePath = null;

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