Can New StreamReader create a file?

[Just Me]

I need to get a StreamReader
Dim lsr0 As New StreamReader(FullPath)

If the file does not exist I'd like it to create one.

Do I have to Try/Catch or is there a clean way of doing it?

Thanks

[Cor Ligthert]

Just Me,

You do not have to look if it exist to create, however I would see if it
exist to save it in between.

Very simple made without any checking for exeception something as this.

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Public Class Test
Public Shared Sub main()
Dim line As String
Dim temppath As String
Dim sr As New IO.StreamReader("C:\Herfried.xml")
If IO.File.Exists("C:\Herfried2.xml") Then
temppath = System.IO.Path.GetTempFileName
IO.File.Delete(temppath)
IO.File.Move("C:\Herfried2.xml", temppath)
End If
Dim sw As New IO.StreamWriter("C:\Herfried2.xml")
line = sr.ReadLine()
Do Until line Is Nothing
sw.WriteLine(line)
line = sr.ReadLine
Loop
If temppath <> Nothing Then
IO.File.Delete(temppath)
End If
End Sub
End Class
///
I hope this helps

Cor

[Cor Ligthert]

Just me,

I misreaded it, however I think that I gave you every ingredient in my
previous message to do it yourself.

When not reply

Cor

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

" Just Me" <gr****@a-znet.com> schrieb:

I need to get a StreamReader
Dim lsr0 As New StreamReader(FullPath)

If the file does not exist I'd like it to create one.
'StreamReader' cannot create a file.
Do I have to Try/Catch or is there a clean way of doing it?

Check if the file exists using 'File.Exists' (namespace 'System.IO'). You
can create a file using 'File.Create'.

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M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>

[Just Me]

Thanks to both for the info
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I need to get a StreamReader
Dim lsr0 As New StreamReader(FullPath)

If the file does not exist I'd like it to create one.

Do I have to Try/Catch or is there a clean way of doing it?

Thanks