How to Create a File in Directory
In my previous post i try to explain how to create a directory and how to get directory files and display into our system. Now, i try to explain how to create a file in a directory using C#.net, this article will help you for beginners and those who are beginners to perform this task.
Creating a File:
In my previous post i try to explain how to create a directory and how to get directory files and display into our system. Now, i try to explain how to create a file in a directory using C#.net, this article will help you for beginners and those who are beginners to perform this task.
Follow below steps to achieve your goal.Step-1:
Create a project solution, then right click on solution explorer then choose Add->NewItem, then choose webform and give a name for that as "CreateFile.aspx".Step-2:
After create a page then open that page in design view then design page like below. See the below source code for that.
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="CreateFile.aspx.cs" Inherits="ASPnet_CreateFile" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:Label ID="lblPath" runat="server" Text="Enter Name and path of file :"></asp:Label>
<asp:TextBox ID="txtPath" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
<br />
<br />
<asp:Label ID="lblText" runat="server" Text="Write Text :"></asp:Label>
<br />
<br />
<asp:TextBox ID="txtText" runat="server" Height="210px" TextMode="MultiLine"
Width="577px"></asp:TextBox>
<br />
<br />
<asp:Label ID="lblResult" runat="server"></asp:Label>
<br />
<br />
<asp:Button ID="btnGenerate" runat="server" onclick="btnGenerate_Click"
Text="Generate File" />
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>Step-3:
After design the page the page becomes like below.
Step-4:
Once design and everything is completed then double click on Generate File button and wrote below lines of code on click event of that button.
protected void btnGenerate_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string Path;
System.IO.StreamWriter sw;
try
{
Path = txtPath.Text;
//check that file name is exists or not
if (!System.IO.File.Exists(Path))
{
//create text file whatever enter by user
sw = System.IO.File.CreateText(Path);
//write the text entered by user and store that text into that file.
sw.WriteLine(txtText.Text);
sw.Close();
lblResult.Text = "File Created";
}
else
{
lblResult.Text = "The file already exists with this location please change the file name";
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
lblResult.Text = ex.Message;
}
}Step-5:
Now, everything is completed successfully then execute that code by click on F5 on keyboard and then see the result set.
Step-6:
Now, the file is created successfully under Naveen folder in E drive, please check that and open that file and see the content.Conclusion:
Hope this article will help you for beginners.
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This is a good resource that is really helpful to newbies. I will also practice this and be perfect in this.