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StreamReader::CurrentEncoding Property

Gets the current character encoding that the current StreamReader object is using.

Namespace:  System.IO
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
public:
virtual property Encoding^ CurrentEncoding {
	Encoding^ get ();
}

Property Value

Type: System.Text::Encoding
The current character encoding used by the current reader. The value can be different after the first call to any Read method of StreamReader, since encoding autodetection is not done until the first call to a Read method.

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

The following code example gets the encoding of the specified StreamReader object.

using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Text;

int main()
{
   String^ path = "c:\\temp\\MyTest.txt";
   try
   {
      if ( File::Exists( path ) )
      {
         File::Delete( path );
      }

      //Use an encoding other than the default (UTF8).
      StreamWriter^ sw = gcnew StreamWriter( path,false,gcnew UnicodeEncoding );
      try
      {
         sw->WriteLine( "This" );
         sw->WriteLine( "is some text" );
         sw->WriteLine( "to test" );
         sw->WriteLine( "Reading" );
      }
      finally
      {
         delete sw;
      }

      StreamReader^ sr = gcnew StreamReader( path,true );
      try
      {
         while ( sr->Peek() >= 0 )
         {
            Console::Write( (Char)sr->Read() );
         }

         //Test for the encoding after reading, or at least 
         //after the first read.
         Console::WriteLine( "The encoding used was {0}.", sr->CurrentEncoding );
         Console::WriteLine();
      }
      finally
      {
         delete sr;
      }
   }
   catch ( Exception^ e ) 
   {
      Console::WriteLine( "The process failed: {0}", e );
   }
}

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Portable Class Library

Supported in: Portable Class Library

.NET for Windows Store apps

Supported in: Windows 8

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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