How to store data and retrieve data from file in C#?

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Employee details,have to store in file and to retrieve data from file in c#

I am trying with diff codes.Its not getting data and but store as filestroing.employee.

Suggest some code to work for this?

What I have tried:

C#

public class BaseEmployee
  {
      public int Id;
      public string Name;
  }

  public class Employee : BaseEmployee
  {
      public string Address;


      public  static  Object Adding()
      {
          Employee employeeDetail = new Employee();
          Console.Write("Employee Id:");
          employeeDetail.Id = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());

          Console.Write("Employee Name:");
          employeeDetail.Name = Console.ReadLine();
          Console.Write("Employee Address:");
          employeeDetail.Address = Console.ReadLine();
          return employeeDetail;


      }
static void Main(string[] args)
      {
          string pathString = @"c:\SpecifiedFiles\MyNewFile.txt";

          Boolean p = true;

          while (p)
          {
              Console.WriteLine("Employee Record Managemnet system");
              Console.WriteLine("1)Add");
              Console.WriteLine("2)Edit");
              Console.WriteLine("3)Dispaly");
              Console.WriteLine("4)Delete");
              Console.WriteLine("Select operation");


              int option = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
              switch(option)
              {
                  case 1:
                      TextWriter tw = new StreamWriter(@"c:\SpecifiedFiles\MyNewFile.txt");
                      tw.Write(Adding());

                      tw.Close();
                       break;

                  case 2:
                      TextReader tr = new StreamReader(@"c:\SpecifiedFiles\MyNewFile.txt");

                      Console.WriteLine(tr.ReadLine());
                      Console.WriteLine(tr.ReadToEnd());
                      tr.Close();
                     break;
               }
          }
       }
      }
  }

Posted 20-Oct-16 19:53pm

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Updated 20-Oct-16 21:26pm

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manu_dhobale · Answer 1 · 2016-10-20T20:00:00

Solution 1

you haven't mentioned what type of files. refer below link it may help you
Writing and reading a text file (C#)[^]

Posted 20-Oct-16 20:00pm

manu_dhobale

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Member 12675499 21-Oct-16 2:12am

That link i tried but when retrieving the data ,not getting
Its dispaly as filestoring.Employee

manu_dhobale 21-Oct-16 2:14am

Update question with your code

Member 12675499 21-Oct-16 2:20am

public class BaseEmployee
{
public int Id;
public string Name;
}

public class Employee : BaseEmployee
{
public string Address;

public static Object Adding()
{
Employee employeeDetail = new Employee();
Console.Write("Employee Id:");
employeeDetail.Id = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());

Console.Write("Employee Name:");
employeeDetail.Name = Console.ReadLine();
Console.Write("Employee Address:");
employeeDetail.Address = Console.ReadLine();
return employeeDetail;

}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string pathString = @"c:\SpecifiedFiles\MyNewFile.txt";

Boolean p = true;

while (p)
{
Console.WriteLine("Employee Record Managemnet system");
Console.WriteLine("1)Add");
Console.WriteLine("2)Edit");
Console.WriteLine("3)Dispaly");
Console.WriteLine("4)Delete");
Console.WriteLine("Select operation");

int option = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
switch(option)
{
case 1:
TextWriter tw = new StreamWriter(@"c:\SpecifiedFiles\MyNewFile.txt");
tw.Write(Adding());

tw.Close();
break;

case 2:
TextReader tr = new StreamReader(@"c:\SpecifiedFiles\MyNewFile.txt");

Console.WriteLine(tr.ReadLine());
Console.WriteLine(tr.ReadToEnd());
tr.Close();
break;
}
}
}
}
}

Member 12675499 21-Oct-16 2:21am

this code i tried,suggest some code to work this?

manu_dhobale · Answer 2 · 2016-10-20T21:26:00

Here is updated Case 1, please check

C#

using System;
using System.IO;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    class textread
    {
        public class Employee
        {
            public int Id { get; set; }
            public string Name { get; set; }
            public string Address { get; set; }
        }

        public static Employee Adding()
        {
            Employee employeeDetail = new Employee();
            Console.Write("Employee Id:");
            employeeDetail.Id = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
            Console.Write("Employee Name:");
            employeeDetail.Name = Console.ReadLine();
            Console.Write("Employee Address:");
            employeeDetail.Address = Console.ReadLine();
            return employeeDetail;

        }
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            string pathString = @"D:\temp\MyNewFile.txt";

            Boolean p = true;

            while (p)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Employee Record Managemnet system");
                Console.WriteLine("1)Add");
                Console.WriteLine("2)Edit");
                Console.WriteLine("3)Dispaly");
                Console.WriteLine("4)Delete");
                Console.WriteLine("Select operation");


                int option = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
                switch (option)
                {
                    case 1:
                        TextWriter tw = new StreamWriter(@"D:\temp\MyNewFile.txt");
                        var outObj = Adding();
                        string tempStr = "Id: " + outObj.Id + Environment.NewLine + "Emp Name: " + outObj.Name + Environment.NewLine + "Emp Address: " + outObj.Address;
                        tw.Write(tempStr);
                        tw.Close();
                        break;

                    case 2:
                        TextReader tr = new StreamReader(@"D:\temp\MyNewFile.txt");

                        Console.WriteLine(tr.ReadLine());
                        Console.WriteLine(tr.ReadToEnd());
                        tr.Close();
                        break;
                }
            }
        }
    }

}