StreamWriter & xml reading problem

[leprogrammer]

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:

<?xml version='1.0'?>
<config>
<monsterLocation>monster.txt</monsterLocation>
<monsterSetBaseLocation>MonsterSetBase.txt</monsterSetBaseLocation>
<monsterImageLocation>mobs\</monsterImageLocation>
<mapImageLocation>maps\</mapImageLocation>
<mapInfoLocation>maps\maps.txt</mapInfoLocation>
</config>

 

[jmeckley]

are you providing the full file path to the file?
FYI wrap your object in a using block.

saveMonsterSetBase.ShowDialog();
writeData(saveMonsterSetBase.FileName);

private void writeData(string fileName)
{
   if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(fileName)
      return;

   using(StreamWriter writeData = new StreamWriter(fileName, false))
   {
      foreach(object monster in MonsterSetBaseDataArray)
      {
         writeData.WriteLine(monster );
      }
   }
}

Jason Meckley
Programmer
Specialty Bakers, Inc.

 

[abcfantasy]

So from what I understand, the "current directory" is changing after you save a file. If you are using the SaveFileDialog class, try to set the following property:

saveFileDialog1.RestoreDirectory = true;

See if that works.

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