C# FILE HANDLING

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 To save the information permanently on the
disk or reading information from the saved file
AGENDA through C# is known as File Handling. C#
File Handling uses a stream to save or retrieve
information.

•What is File Handling in C#?

•Why I need to learn File Handling?

•What is Files and Stream?

•Example
FI LE AND STRE AM

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A file is a collection of data stored on a disk
with specific name, extension and directory
path. When you open File using C# for
reading and writing purpose it
becomes Stream.
FILE

A stream is a sequence of bytes traveling

from a source to a destination over a STREAM
communication path.

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WHY YOU NEED TO LEARN FILE
HANDLING

• Several times you need to save information on a disk.

• You will not get database to save information

• Your project may require saving information in txt file, doc file, xls file,
pdf files or any other file types.

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 S Y S T E M . T E X T N A M E S PA C E

C O N TA I N S C L A S S E S T H AT R E P R E S E N T A S C I I A N D
UNICODE CHARACTER ENCODING , ABSTRACT BASE
C L A S S E S F O R C O N V E RT I N G B L O C K S O F C H A R A C T E R T O
A N D F R O M B L O C K S O F B Y T E S A N D H E L P M A N I P U L AT E S
A N D F O R M AT S T R I N G O B J E C T
S Y S T E M . I O N A M E S PA C E
A C O L L E C T I O N O F C L A S S E S , M E T H O D S , E N U M E R AT I O N
A N D T Y P E S T H AT I S R E S P O N S I B L E F O R R E A D I N G ,
WRITING AND ACCESSING OF FILES.

FILESTREAM CLASS
U S E D T O P E R F O R M T H E B A S I C O P E R AT I O N O R R E A D I N G
A N D W R I T I N G O P E R AT I N G S Y S T E M F I L E . F I L E S T R E A M
CLASS HELPS IN READING FROM, WRITING AND
CLOSING FILES.
FILESTREAM CLASS
S Y N TA X

FileStream <object_name> = new FileStream( <file_name>,

<FileMode Enumerator>, <FileAccess Enumerator>,
<FileShare Enumerator>);
FILEMODE
Specifies how the operation system should open the file

APPEND - CREATENEW -
• Open the file if exist or create a • It create a new file and if file already
new file. If file exists then place exist then throw IOException
cursor at the end of the file
OPEN -
CREATE-
• Open existing file
• It specifies the operating system to
OPEN OR CREATE –
create a new file, if file already
exists then previous file will be • Open existing file and if the not found
overwritten then create new file
TRUNCATE –
• Open an existing file and cut all the
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stored data. File size becomes 0.
 FILEACCESS
It gives permission to file whether it will open Read,
ReadWrite or Write
DELETE- READWRITE -
• Allows subsequent deleting of a file • It allows subsequent opening of the file
INHERITABLE - for reading and writing.

• It passes inheritance to child process WRITE -

NONE - • Allows subsequent opening of the file

for writing.
• It declines sharing of the current files

READ -
• It allows subsequent opening of the file
for reading.

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STREAMWRITER CLASS

Class is more popular in File Handling, and it is very helpful writing text data in the file
• @ symbol before a var is used if you want to call a variable class (var @class = 1; , var @virtual = 2;,
var @return = 3;)
FOR STRING IT USES THE LITERAL, FOR EXAMPLE
“c:\\test\\example\\”
is equivalent to
@”C:\test\example\”

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HOW TO WRITE TEXT INTO A FILE USING
STREAMWRITER CLASS? WHAT IS
STREAMWRITER
CLASS?
DOCUMENTS
ATTACH

EXERCISES 1 AND 2 StreamWriter Class is more popular in

File Handling, and it is very helpful in
writing text data in the file is easy to
use and provides a complete set of
constructors and methods to work

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STREAMREADER CLASS

Allows you to read text files easily

• Implements a TextReader that read characters from a byte stream in a particular encoding
• StreamReader class uses UTF-8 Encoding by defaults
• StreamReader class is designed for character input in a particular encoding
• Use this class for reading standard text file

• UTF-8 is a Unicode encoding that represents each code point as a sequence of one to four
bytes. Unlike the UTF-16 and UTF-32 encodings,

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HOW TO READ
FILE USING
STREAMREADER
CLASS?

DOCUMENTS
ATTACH

EXERCISES 3
WHAT IS TEXTWRITER CLASS?

The TextWriter class represents a writer

that can write sequential series of
characters. You can use this class to write Documents attach
text in a file. It is an abstract base class Exercise 4
of StreamWriter and StringWriter, which
write characters to streams and string
respectively.

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WHAT IS TEXTREADER CLASS?

DOCUMENTS ATTACH EXERCISES 5

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THANK YOU

Alejandro B. Sotelo​
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