TYCSharp in 21 days - sample code issue

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Hey all, newbie here who is trying to learn the basics of C#

I am currently going through Brad's TYCSharp in 21 days book and am having issues with the Type & Run program from Day 1 section.

I have copied the code line by line in to my editor (Visual Studio 2010 Express). It compiles without errors but when I run the program, I get this error: "Input string was not in the correct format".

Any help will be much appreciated as I don't want to move on to Day 2 with this program not running correctly.

The code is:

using System;
using System.IO;

/// <summary>
/// Class to number a listing. Assumes fewer than 1000 lines.
/// </summary>

class NumberIT
{
    /// <summary>
    /// The main entry point for the application.
    /// </summary>

    public static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        // check to see if a file name was included on the command line.

        if (args.Length <= 0)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("\nYou need to include a filename.");
        }
        else
        {
            // declare objects for connecting to files...
            StreamReader InFile = null;
            StreamWriter OutFile = null;

            try
            {
                // Open file name included on command line...
                InFile = File.OpenText(args[0]);

                // Create the output file...
                OutFile = File.CreateText("outfile.txt");
                Console.Write("\nNumbering...");

                // Read first line of the file...
                string line = InFile.ReadLine();
                int ctr = 1;

                // loop through the file as long as not at the end...
                while (line != null)
                {
                    OutFile.WriteLine("{1}: {2}", ctr.ToString().PadLeft(3, '1'), line);
                    Console.Write("..{1]..", ctr.ToString());
                    ctr++;
                    line = InFile.ReadLine();
                }
            }

            catch (System.IO.FileNotFoundException)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Could not find the file {0}", args[0]);
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Error: {0}", e.Message);
            }
            finally
            {
                if (InFile != null)
                {
                    // Close the files
                    InFile.Close();
                    OutFile.Close();
                    Console.WriteLine("...Done.");
                }
            }
        }
    }
}