StreamWriter Constructor (Stream, Encoding)

This constructor initializes the Encoding property using the encoding parameter, and the BaseStream property using the stream parameter. The position of the stream is not reset. For additional information, see Encoding.

The StreamWriter object calls Dispose() on the provided Stream object when StreamWriter.Dispose is called.

Caution
When you compile a set of characters with a particular cultural setting and retrieve those same characters with a different cultural setting, the characters might not be interpretable, and could cause an exception to be thrown.

For a list of common I/O tasks, see Common I/O Tasks.

The following example demonstrates this constructor.

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;

namespace ConsoleApplication
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            string fileName = "test.txt";
            string textToAdd = "Example text in file";

            using (FileStream fs = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.CreateNew))
            {
                using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(fs, Encoding.Default))
                {
                    writer.Write(textToAdd);
                }
            }       
        }
    }
}

.NET Framework

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Portable Class Library

.NET for Windows Store apps

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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