MemoryStream instance length is 0 after stream has been written

[Mikus Sleiners]

I'm trying to write new stream from string and i can't figure out why my
memory stream
instance is null after i have writen to it with stream writer.

Here is an example.

MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter();

writer.Write ("my string");

at this point i check what does my stream contain and it says .Length = 0
so why is that ? How can it be 0 if i've just written to it with writer ?

[Dustin Campbell]

I'm trying to write new stream from string and i can't figure out why

my
memory stream
instance is null after i have writen to it with stream writer.
Here is an example.

MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter();
writer.Write ("my string");

at this point i check what does my stream contain and it says .Length
= 0 so why is that ? How can it be 0 if i've just written to it with
writer ?

Call writer.Flush();

Best Regards,
Dustin Campbell
Developer Express Inc.

[Chris Dunaway]

Mikus Sleiners wrote:

I'm trying to write new stream from string and i can't figure out why my
memory stream
instance is null after i have writen to it with stream writer.

Here is an example.

MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter();

writer.Write ("my string");

at this point i check what does my stream contain and it says .Length = 0
so why is that ? How can it be 0 if i've just written to it with writer ?

How does your StreamWriter know to write to your stream? You have not
specified the stream that the stream writer should write to. Also, you
should use the using pattern if possible:

MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(stream))
{
writer.Write("my string");
}

Notice that the memory stream was passed into the constructor of the
stream writer.

Chris