MultiRecordEngine.WriteFile Method (String, IEnumerable, Int32)

Write the specified number of records from the array to a file.

[Visual Basic]
Overloads Public Sub WriteFile( _
   ByVal fileName As String, _
   ByVal records As IEnumerable, _
   ByVal maxRecords As Integer _
)

[C#]
public void WriteFile(
   string fileName,
   IEnumerable records,
   int maxRecords
);

Parameters

fileName: The file path to be write.
records: The records to write (Can be an array, ArrayList, etc)
maxRecords: The max number of array elements to write.

Return Value

True if the operation is successful. False otherwise.

Remarks

This method open, write and close the file (don't open or close the file before or after to call this method)

This method overrides existing files.

Example

This example show the basic use of the library with minimun code:


    using FileHelpers;
    
    // First declare the record class
        
    [Delimitedrecord("|")]
    public class SampleType
    {
        public string Field1;
        public int    Field2;
    }


    public void WriteExample()
    {
        FileHelperEngine engine = new FileHelperEngine(typeof(SampleType));
        
        SampleType[] records = new SampleType[1];

        records[0] = new SampleType();

        records[0].Field1 = "Hello World";
        records[0].Field2 = 12;

        engine.WriteFile("destination.txt", records);
        
        // Now the file contains the created record in this format:
        // 
        // Hello World,12
        
    }

MultiRecordEngine.WriteFile Method (String, IEnumerable, Int32)

Parameters

Return Value

Remarks

Example

See Also

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