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31. How to write a binary file in C#

    How to write a binary file using C# and .NET. The Write overloaded method is used to write primitive data types to a stream. The Write method can write a Boolean, Byte, Char, Decimal, Double, and Integer data types.

    Mahesh ChandFeb 8, 2023107,8421,000

32. How to read a binary file in C#

    Learn how to read a binary file in C# and .NET. The Read overloaded method writes primitive data types to a stream. The Write method can write Boolean, Byte, Char, Decimal, Double, and Integer data types.

    Mahesh ChandFeb 8, 2023215,0281,000

33. How to create a Binary File in C#

    Learn how to create and write binary files in C# with System.IO.BinaryWriter, including writing primitive values to a stream and selecting character encoding.

    Mahesh ChandFeb 8, 2023208,3731,000

34. How to check when a File was created in C#

    How to check when a file was created in C#. The CreationTime property returns the DateTime when a file was created.

    Mahesh ChandFeb 8, 202397,6641,000

35. How to Set File Creation Time in C#

    Code snippet in C# how to read and set file creation time in C#.

    Dinesh BeniwalFeb 8, 202369,6721,000

36. How To Set Last Write Time of a File in C#

    In this article we will discuss about how to Set File Last Write Time in C#.

    Dinesh BeniwalFeb 8, 202337,7061,000

37. Get Last Write Time of a File in C#

    Here is a code example to get the Last Write Time of a file in C#.

    Dinesh BeniwalFeb 8, 202318,3771,000

38. How to Decrypt a File in C#

    The File.Decrypt method decrypts a file in C#.

    Dinesh BeniwalFeb 8, 202329,8311,000

39. How to Encrypt a File in C#?

    File class provides a method to ecrypt a file. Learn how to Encrypt a File in C#.

    Dinesh BeniwalFeb 8, 202388,9201,000

40. Working With File Class In C#

    C# File Class. In this article, I'll explain how to use File class in C# to create, move, and work with files in .NET.

    Rohatash KumarFeb 8, 2023120,3741,000

41. How To Read A Text File In C#

    Learn how to read a text file in C# using the File class and its methods.

    Mahesh ChandFeb 8, 20231,597,9211,000

42. Find Files in C#

    Build a C# Windows Forms utility that searches selected drives for files by extension using the System.IO namespace.

    Mar 30, 2022191,3151,000

43. Check If Directory Exists In C#

    How to check if a directory Exists using C# and .NET.

    Mahesh ChandMar 3, 2020425,8081,000

44. How To Replace A File In C#

    Learn how to use FileInfo.Replace in C# to replace an existing file, create a backup, and handle metadata merge errors.

    Naresh BeniwalJan 17, 2020133,3671,000

45. Open a File in C#

    Learn how to open, read, write, and asynchronously access files in C# using File.Open, File.OpenRead, and FileStream.

    Dinesh BeniwalJan 7, 2020291,1671,000

46. File.CreateText Method in C#

    Learn how to use File.CreateText in C# to create or overwrite UTF-8 text files, write content with StreamWriter, and work with the current directory.

    Dinesh BeniwalJan 7, 202066,8101,000

47. Working With DirectoryInfo In C#

    This article will explain the DirectoryInfo class and its uses and how to work with folders in C#.

    MMicalgraySep 2, 2019205,7741,000

48. Create a file using FileInfo in C#

    Code sample to show how to create a file in C# and get a file attributes such as file creation time, file size, file last updated, file last accessed, and file last write time.

    Mahesh ChandJan 16, 2019133,8241,000

49. Move a directory in C#

    How to move a directory using C# and .NET. The Directory.Move method moves an existing directory to a new specified directory with full path.

    Mahesh ChandDec 20, 2018107,3011,000

50. How to get full path of a file in C#

    How to get full path of a file using C# and .NET. The FullName property returns just the full path of a file including the file name.

    Mahesh ChandDec 20, 2018292,5901,000

51. How to check if a file is read only in C#

    How to check if a file is read only in C#. The IsReadOnly property of the FileInfo class returns if a file is read only.

    Mahesh ChandDec 20, 201871,0111,000

52. How to check if a file exists in C#

    How to check if a file exists in C# and .NET. The Exists property of the FileInfo class returns true if a file exists.

    Mahesh ChandDec 20, 2018103,2821,000

53. Delete A directory In C#

    How to delete a directory in C# and .NET. The System.IO.Directory class in the .NET Framework class library provides static methods for creating, copying, moving, and deleting directories and subdirectories.

    Mahesh ChandAug 30, 2018238,6741,000

54. Processing Folders Iteratively

    This article provides a sample of retrieving file system directories iteratively.

    Sam HobbsDec 23, 201510,6501,000

55. File I/O Using C#

    In this article, you will learn how to work with classes in the System.IO namespace for reading data from and writing data to files.

    Vidya Vrat AgarwalJan 11, 2014137,8141,000

56. Accessing and Maintaining Log Files

    This article defines how to retrieve values from Log files and Event Log View.

    Sahil MaheshwaryDec 12, 201319,1751,000

57. Directory & Files Lister using DirectoryInfo class in Asp.net 2.0 with VB.NET

    Build an ASP.NET Web Forms directory browser with C# using DirectoryInfo and FileInfo to list folders and files and navigate into subdirectories.

    Munir ShaikhNov 10, 201215,7301,000

58. Directory Picker Dialog

    This Directory Picker in this article is also a bit different because it uses the Large Icon view of the ListView to traverse through directories.

    Mike GoldOct 13, 201230,3211,000

59. Working with FileInfo and DirectoryInfo classes

    This article explains about the FileInfo and DirectoryClass in the System.IO namespace. The sample application demonstrates how it works.

    SenthilkumarSep 30, 201286,6111,000

60. C# File Operations: Part 1

    In this article we will see how we can write something into the file & how we can append our data into an already existing file.

    Ghanashyam NayakSep 30, 201223,6591,000

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