Streamwriter Problem

[vandel212]

Hi, I'm try to write a program that has the user input different values into text boxes and then it puts those values into a text file when the user presses a button. My problem is that I don't want the program to overwrite the text that is already in the text file but add on to the end of it. So if the user presses the button a second time they will add more text to the document. Is there any way to have the streawriter start writing below the last line that has text?

Thanks,
Randell

[RaleTheBlade]

Pass a FileStream object to the StreamWriter and set its FileMode to FileMode.Append. This will create a new file if it doesnt exist, and also append text to the file.

StreamWriter writer = null

try
{
   using (writer = new StreamWriter(new FileStream("myfile.txt", FileMode.Append)))
   {
      // Write to the stream writer
   }
}
catch // Catch exceptions... Disk IO is pesky for exceptions
{
   // Handle the exception
}
finally
{
   if (writer != null)
   {
      writer.Close();
      writer.Dispose();
   }
}

[dglienna]

So if the user presses the button a second time they will add more

That's what APPEND does