How do I code the algorithm below in VB.NET?
Procedure logfile()
{
if "C:\textfile.txt"=exist then
open the textfile;
else
create the textfile;
end if
go to the end of the textfile;
write new line in the textfile;
save;
close;
}
Dim FILE_NAME As String = "C:\textfile.txt"
Dim i As Integer
Dim aryText(4) As String
aryText(0) = "Mary WriteLine"
aryText(1) = "Had"
aryText(2) = "Another"
aryText(3) = "Little"
aryText(4) = "One"
Dim objWriter As New System.IO.StreamWriter(FILE_NAME, True)
For i = 0 To 4
objWriter.WriteLine(aryText(i))
Next
objWriter.Close()
MsgBox("Text Appended to the File")
If you set the second parameter to True
in the System.IO.StreamWriter
's constructor it will append to a file if it already exists, or create a new one if it doesn't.
This can be achieved in a single line too:
System.IO.File.AppendAllText(filePath, "Hello World" & vbCrLf)
It will create the file if missing, append the text and close it again.
See MSDN, File.AppendAllText Method.
It's best to use a component that does this type of logging out of the box. The Logging Application Block from Enterprise Library for example. That way, you get flexibility, scalability and don't have contention with your log file.
To answer your question specifically (sorry, I don't know VB, but the translation should be simple enough) ...
void Main()
{
using( var fs = File.Open( @"c:\textfile.txt", FileMode.Append ) )
{
using( var sw = new StreamWriter( fs ) )
{
sw.WriteLine( "New Line" );
sw.Close();
}
fs.Close();
}
}