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StreamWriter Constructor (Stream^, Encoding^)

.NET Framework (current version)
 

Initializes a new instance of the StreamWriter class for the specified stream by using the specified encoding and the default buffer size.

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

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public:
StreamWriter(
	Stream^ stream,
	Encoding^ encoding
)

Parameters

stream
Type: System.IO::Stream^

The stream to write to.

encoding
Type: System.Text::Encoding^

The character encoding to use.

Exception Condition
ArgumentNullException

stream or encoding is null.

ArgumentException

stream is not writable.

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.

System_CAPS_cautionCaution

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.

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Universal Windows Platform
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1
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