stream & streamreader

[andrewcw]

OK I am half way there - I can manipulate the stream
without the byte issue like this - but is this the way to
push the new values back into the stream & write out the
stream without resorting to byte conversion ??

FileStream stream = null;
stream = File.Open(fiPat h, FileMode.Open,
FileAccess.Read Write,FileShare .None);
System.IO.Strea mReader Tin = new System.IO.Strea mReader
(stream);
string existText = Tin.ReadToEnd() ;
fileContent=Rep lacementString
(oldStr,newStr, "","",existText );
// OK I HAVE MY NEW STRING...
System.IO.Strea mWriter Tout = new System.IO.Strea mWriter
(stream);
Tout.Write(file Content); // just sticks back in the stream
Tout.Close(); // IS THIS ACTUALLY UPDATING THE STREAM ??
Tin.Close();
// how do I persist the revised stream to file ??
stream.Close();

-----Original Message-----
Currently I received a great solution to unique file
access like this:
FileStream stream = null;
stream = File.Open(fiPat h, FileMode.Open,
FileAccess.Rea dWrite,FileShar e.None);

But to read the stream- it seems I have to do this:
byte[] b = new byte[1024];
UTF8Encoding temp = new UTF8Encoding(tr ue);
string footest;
while (stream.Read(b, 0,b.Length) > 0)
footest= temp.GetString( b);
footest = footest.TrimEnd ('\0');
int footestlen = footest.Length;
}

[ I'd prefer to not worry about the size, or trimming the
string by doing something like
<<StreamRead er sr2 = File.OpenText(f iPath);
string foo2= sr2.ReadToEnd() ;

BUT I cant seem to cast stream into streamReader
( StreamReader sr2 =( StreamReader)st ream; // wont work,
cannot convert ....

I have the same issue when it comes to writing the

changesback out. Is it really that messy, or have I overlooked
teh obvious for simple text IO ( and maintain the unique
access that stream provides ) THANKS !!!!


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[andrewcw]

OK By resetting the position of the stream before the
write and then resetting it again to check the stream
contents I find my updates in the stream, but how to get
them out simply to be written to the file ??

?? maybe I should post as new thread .... and reformulate
the question

-----Original Message-----
OK I am half way there - I can manipulate the stream
without the byte issue like this - but is this the way to
push the new values back into the stream & write out the
stream without resorting to byte conversion ??

FileStream stream = null;
stream = File.Open(fiPat h, FileMode.Open,
FileAccess.Rea dWrite,FileShar e.None);
System.IO.Stre amReader Tin = new System.IO.Strea mReader
(stream);
string existText = Tin.ReadToEnd() ;
fileContent=Re placementString
(oldStr,newStr ,"","",existTex t);
// OK I HAVE MY NEW STRING...
System.IO.Stre amWriter Tout = new System.IO.Strea mWriter
(stream);
Tout.Write(fil eContent); // just sticks back in the stream
Tout.Close() ; // IS THIS ACTUALLY UPDATING THE STREAM ??Tin.Close();
// how do I persist the revised stream to file ??
stream.Close() ;

-----Original Message-----
Currently I received a great solution to unique file
access like this:
FileStream stream = null;
stream = File.Open(fiPat h, FileMode.Open,
FileAccess.Re adWrite,FileSha re.None);

But to read the stream- it seems I have to do this:
byte[] b = new byte[1024];
UTF8Encodin g temp = new UTF8Encoding(tr ue);
string footest;
while (stream.Read(b, 0,b.Length) > 0)
footest= temp.GetString( b);
footest = footest.TrimEnd ('\0');
int footestlen = footest.Length;
}

[ I'd prefer to not worry about the size, or trimming thestring by doing something like
<<StreamReade r sr2 = File.OpenText(f iPath);
string foo2= sr2.ReadToEnd() ;

BUT I cant seem to cast stream into streamReader
( StreamReader sr2 =( StreamReader)st ream; // wont work,
cannot convert ....

I have the same issue when it comes to writing the

changes

back out. Is it really that messy, or have I overlooked
teh obvious for simple text IO ( and maintain the unique
access that stream provides ) THANKS !!!!


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