Creating text files with specific names

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Hello I would like to ask how I can create a text file with a specific name and gain access to the folder I'am saving into since I'am the administrator of the computer but I do not have access to save through C#. What i would like to do is iterate over buttons in a UI and get the names of the buttons and write them as text file names in a directory.

I would enjoy getting an answer how I can modify the name of the file I'am saving. My code so far looks like this.

 foreach (Button bt in mainCanvasGrid.Children)
{
   File.WriteAllLines()
}

just put a string variable and change it in each iteraton. What have you tried? — Federico Berasategui, Nov 30 '13 at 12:11
I tried WriteAllLines() because I know it creates a file each time and this is exactly the behaviour I'm looking for - to create a file with the name of each button as the file name,but I cannot modify the name of the file I'm creating — Christo Christov, Nov 30 '13 at 12:16

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

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just put a string variable and change it in each iteraton:

var myfile = @"C:\myfile"
foreach (Button bt in mainCanvasGrid.Children)
{
   File.WriteAllLines(myfile + bt.Name + ".txt", new []{"[yourtexthere]"});
}

BTW, the preferred approach to WPF is MVVM. You don't "iterate a collection of Buttons" in the UI simply because UI is NOT Data. Create a proper Data Model or ViewModel for your Data and use DataBinding to Bind the UI to your data, instead of manipulating the UI in procedural code.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

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answered Nov 30 '13 at 12:22

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I have tried this as i mentioned i get Access to path denied error. – Christo Christov Nov 30 '13 at 12:30
@user3052013 then try writing to a public folder such as `C:\Users\Public\Documents` or something. – Federico Berasategui Nov 30 '13 at 12:33
Solved - wrote in the Debug folder – Christo Christov Nov 30 '13 at 12:39
had the error because you can not write directly in the root, I advise you to save all files in the user's Documents folder as is usually done. – Carmelo La Monica Dec 01 '13 at 10:02

Creating text files with specific names

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