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BinaryWriter.Write Method (String)

.NET Framework 3.0

Writes a length-prefixed string to this stream in the current encoding of the BinaryWriter, and advances the current position of the stream in accordance with the encoding used and the specific characters being written to the stream.

Namespace: System.IO
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

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public virtual void Write (
	string value
)

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public void Write (
	String value
)

JScript

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public function Write (
	value : String
)

XAML

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Not applicable.

Parameters

value: The value to write.

Exceptions

Exception type	Condition
IOException	An I/O error occurs.
ArgumentNullException	value is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
ObjectDisposedException	The stream is closed.

Remarks

A length-prefixed string represents the string length by prefixing to the string a single byte or word that contains the length of that string. This method first writes the length of the string as a four-byte unsigned integer, and then writes that many characters to the stream. This method writes a length-prefixed string to this stream using the BinaryWriter instance's current Encoding.

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

Example

This code example is part of a larger example provided for the BinaryWriter class.

C++

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using(BinaryWriter binWriter =
    new BinaryWriter(File.Open(fileName, FileMode.Create)))
{
    binWriter.Write(aspectRatio);
    binWriter.Write(lookupDir);
    binWriter.Write(autoSaveTime);
    binWriter.Write(showStatusBar);
}

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BinaryWriter binWriter =
    new BinaryWriter(File.Open(fileName, FileMode.Create));
try {
    binWriter.Write(aspectRatio);
    binWriter.Write(lookupDir);
    binWriter.Write(autoSaveTime);
    binWriter.Write(showStatusBar);
}
finally {
    if ( binWriter != null ) {
        binWriter= null;
    }
}

Platforms

Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

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