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FileHelperEngineTWriteStream Method (TextWriter, IEnumerableT)

Write an array of records to the specified Stream.

Namespace:  FileHelpers
Assembly:  FileHelpers (in FileHelpers.dll) Version: 3.2.6
Syntax
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public void WriteStream(
	TextWriter writer,
	IEnumerable<T> records
)

Parameters

writer
Type: System.IOTextWriter
The writer of the source stream.
records
Type: System.Collections.GenericIEnumerableT
The records to write (Can be an array, ArrayList, etc)

Return Value

Type: 
True if the operation is successful. False otherwise.

Implements

IFileHelperEngineTWriteStream(TextWriter, IEnumerableT)
Remarks
This method only uses the stream and don't close them after use it, you must do it.
Examples
This example shows a simple example of use of the library with a minimum of code:
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using FileHelpers;

// First declare the record class

[Delimitedrecord("|")]
public class SampleType
{
    public string Field1;
    public int    Field2;
}


public void WriteExample()
{
    var engine = new FileHelperEngine<SampleType>();

    SampleType[] records = new SampleType[1];

    records[0] = new SampleType();

    records[0].Field1 = "Hello World";
    records[0].Field2 = 12;

    engine.WriteFile("destination.txt", records);

    // Now the file contains the created record in this format:
    // 
    // Hello World,12

}
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