Microsoft® .NET Compact Framework (Core Reference)

Using the StreamReader and StreamWriter Classes

The StreamReader and StreamWriter classes derive from the TextReader and TextWriter abstract classes. These classes perform input and output of characters with a stream using a particular encoding to translate the characters into bytes and bytes into characters so that the underlying stream can be read from or written to. These classes offer a simpler, higher level interface than the underlying Stream object, and they can read or write strings.

Creating StreamReader and StreamWriter Objects

The constructors for the StreamReader and StreamWriter classes allow you to create your own Stream object and create a StreamReader or StreamWriter class by passing the stream as a parameter. Both classes also allow ...