How to: Write a Binary File (C++/CLI)

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The following code example demonstrates writing binary data to a file. Two classes from the System.IO namespace are used: FileStream and BinaryWriter. FileStream represents the actual file, while BinaryWriter provides an interface to the stream that allows binary access.

The following code example writes a file containing integers in binary format. This file can be read with the code in How to: Read a Binary File (C++/CLI).

Example

// binary_write.cpp  
// compile with: /clr  
#using<system.dll>  
using namespace System;  
using namespace System::IO;  
  
int main()  
{  
   array<Int32>^ data = {1, 2, 3, 10000};  
  
   FileStream^ fs = gcnew FileStream("data.bin", FileMode::Create);  
   BinaryWriter^ w = gcnew BinaryWriter(fs);  
  
   try   
   {  
      Console::WriteLine("writing data to file:");  
      for (int i=0; i<data->Length; i++)  
      {  
         Console::WriteLine(data[i]);  
         w->Write(data[i]);  
      }  
   }  
   catch (Exception^)   
   {  
     Console::WriteLine("data could not be written");  
     fs->Close();  
     return -1;  
   }  
  
   fs->Close();  
   return 0;  
}  

See Also

File and Stream I-O
.NET Programming with C++/CLI (Visual C++)