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How to manipulate or edit a txt file from textbox and save the modification to the main file or new file

I've managed to open a txt file to a ComboBox where it shown only the second element"100", and if I select one of the items in ComboBox will show me the the first element witch is "firstName", the problem is I want to modify the first element from the textbox and save it to the main file or new file on the way that I replace the old element with new one from the textbox and save the file as it was at the beginning
TXT FILE
firstName;;;100;;;0;
firstName;;;100;;;1;
firstName;;;100;;;2;
firstName;;;100;;;3;
firstName;;;0100;;;4;
firstName;;;0100;;;5;
firstName;;;0100;;;6;
firstName;;;0100;;;7;
lastName;;;0100;;;0;
lastName;;;0100;;;1;
lastName;;;0100;;;2;
lastName;;;0100;;;3;
lastName;;;0100;;;4;
lastName;;;0100;;;5;
lastName;;;0100;;;6;
lastName;;;0100;;;7;
i want to change the first elements from the textbox and replace it with user input and save the file as in it were,
example:
//output
john;;;100;;;0;
Patrick;;;100;;;1;
firstName;;;100;;;2;
namespace WindowsFormsApp8
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public string[] lines;
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
using (OpenFileDialog openFileDialog = new OpenFileDialog())
{
openFileDialog.InitialDirectory = "c:\\";
openFileDialog.Filter = "txt file (*.txt)|*.txt|All files (*.*)|*.*";
openFileDialog.FilterIndex = 2;
openFileDialog.RestoreDirectory = true;
if (openFileDialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
//string[] lines = File.ReadAllLines(openFileDialog.FileName);
lines = File.ReadAllLines(openFileDialog.FileName);
List<string> result = new List<string>();
string[] par = new string[1];
par[0] = ";;;";
for (int i = 0; i < lines.Length; i++)
{
string[] row = lines[i].Split(par, StringSplitOptions.None);
if (row.Length > 2)
{
if (!result.Contains(row[1]))
result.Add(row[1]);
}
}
foreach (string line in result)
{
comboBox1.Items.Add(line);
}
}
}
}
private void comboBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
var d = lines;
var t = d.Where(g => g.Contains(comboBox1.Text));
string allItems = "";
foreach (string item in t)
{
string[] r = item.Split(new string[] { ";;;" }, StringSplitOptions.None);
allItems += r[0] + Environment.NewLine;
}
textBox1.Text = allItems;
}
}
}

I've read your code carefully and my understanding may not be perfect but it should be close enough that I can help. One way to achieve your objectives is with data binding and I'll demonstrate this step by step.
"open a txt file to a combobox"
In your main form, you'll move the OpenFileDialog so that it is now a member variable:
private OpenFileDialog openFileDialog = new OpenFileDialog
{
InitialDirectory = Path.Combine(
AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory,
"Files"),
FileName = "Data.txt",
Filter = "txt file (*.txt)|*.txt|All files (*.*)|*.*",
FilterIndex = 2,
RestoreDirectory = true,
};
In the main form CTor
Handle event buttonLoad.Click to display the dialog
Handle event openFileDialog.FileOk to read the file.
The DataSource of comboBox will be set to the list of lines read from the file.
Initialize
public MainForm()
{
InitializeComponent();
buttonLoad.Click += onClickLoad;
openFileDialog.FileOk += onFileOK;
comboBox.DataSource = lines;
.
.
.
Disposed += (sender, e) => openFileDialog.Dispose();
}
BindingList<Line> lines = new BindingList<Line>();
private void onClickLoad(object? sender, EventArgs e) =>
openFileDialog.ShowDialog();
In a minute, we'll look at those three things step by step. But first...
Serialize and Deserialize
You have a lot of loose code doing string splits to decode your serializer format. Try consolidating this in a class that is also suitable to be used in a BindingList<Line>. This will be the data source of your combo box. Also consider using a standard serialization format like JSON instead!
class Line : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
// Make a Line from serialized like firstName;;;100;;;0;
public Line(string serialized)
{
// Convert to a stored array
_deserialized = serialized.Split(new string[] { ";;;" }, StringSplitOptions.None);
}
// Convert back to the format used in your file.
public string Serialized => string.Join(";;;", _deserialized);
private string[] _deserialized { get; } // Backing store.
// Convert a list of Lines to a collection of strings (e.g. for Save).
public static IEnumerable<string> ToAllLines(IEnumerable<Line> lines) =>
lines.Select(_ => _.Serialized);
// Determine how a Line will be displayed in the combo box (e.g. "0100").
public override string ToString() => _deserialized[1].ToString();
// Use array syntax to access elements of the split array.
public string this[int index]
{
get => _deserialized[index];
set
{
if(!Equals(_deserialized[index],value))
{
// Send event when any array value changes.
_deserialized[index] = value;
OnPropertyChanged($"{index}");
}
}
}
protected virtual void OnPropertyChanged([CallerMemberName] string? propertyName = null)
{
PropertyChanged?.Invoke(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
}
Load
Once the data file is selected, the raw text file will be shown and the combo box will be populated.
private void onFileOK(object? sender, CancelEventArgs e)
{
lines.Clear();
foreach (var serialized in File.ReadAllLines(openFileDialog.FileName))
{
lines.Add(new Line(serialized));
}
textBoxMultiline.Lines = lines.Select(_=>_.Serialized).ToArray();
comboBox.SelectedIndex = -1;
}
Replacement
Going back to the main form CTor there are three more events we care about:
public MainForm()
{
.
.
.
comboBox.SelectedIndexChanged += onComboBoxSelectedIndexChanged;
textBoxEditor.TextChanged += onEditorTextChanged;
lines.ListChanged += onListChanged;
.
.
.
}
When a new item is selected in the combo box, put it in the text editor.
private void onComboBoxSelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
var item = (Line)comboBox.SelectedItem;
if (item != null)
{
textBoxEditor.Text = item[0];
}
}
When the textEditor text changes, modify the item.
private void onEditorTextChanged(object? sender, EventArgs e)
{
var item = (Line)comboBox.SelectedItem;
if (item != null)
{
item[0] = textBoxEditor.Text;
}
}
When the item changes, update the file display in the big textbox.
private void onListChanged(object? sender, ListChangedEventArgs e)
{
switch (e.ListChangedType)
{
case ListChangedType.ItemChanged:
textBoxMultiline.Lines = lines.Select(_=>_.Serialized).ToArray();
break;
}
}
Save
SaveFileDialog saveFileDialog = new SaveFileDialog
{
InitialDirectory = Path.Combine(
AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory,
"Files"),
FileName = "Data.txt",
Filter = "txt file (*.txt)|*.txt|All files (*.*)|*.*",
FilterIndex = 2,
RestoreDirectory = true,
};
private void onClickSave(object? sender, EventArgs e) =>
saveFileDialog.ShowDialog(this);
private void onSaveFileOK(object? sender, CancelEventArgs e)
{
File.WriteAllLines(saveFileDialog.FileName, Line.ToAllLines(lines));
}
I hope this is "close enough" to what you have described that if will give you some ideas to experiment with.

Extracting Number from a Text File in C# Windows Form

I have written a code for extracting number from a text file using a windows From. Problem is that, Output Occurs in a partial way. Either the First Line is Printing or the Last Line. I want all the line that is containing the number
(i.e) If the text file contains,
Auto 2017
Mech 2056
CSE 2016
I want only those 2017, 2056, 2016 to be printed.
Here is the code:
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string infile = textBox1.Text;
StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(infile);
string allDetails = File.ReadAllText(infile);
string result = Regex.Match(allDetails, #"\d+").Value;
richTextBox1.Text = result.ToString();
}

You are try to grab numeric value. Regex.Matches Will help you to solve your problem.
Below is simplified code.
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string filedetails = File.ReadAllText(textBox1.Text);
var regexCollection = Regex.Matches(filedetails, #"\d+");
foreach (Match rc in regexCollection)
richTextBox1.AppendText(rc.Value + ",");
}

You can do this way, if you want output 2017,2056,2016
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string infile = textBox1.Text;
string[] lines = System.IO.File.ReadAllLines(infile);
string temp = "";
int i = 0;
foreach (string line in lines)
{
string result = Regex.Match(line, #"\d+").Value;
if (i == 0)
{
temp = result;
}
else
{
temp = temp + "," + result;
}
i++;
}
richTextBox1.Text = temp;
}
or if you want single value 2017 2056 2016 then
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string infile = textBox1.Text;
string[] lines = System.IO.File.ReadAllLines(infile);
foreach (string line in lines)
{
string result = Regex.Match(line, #"\d+").Value;
richTextBox1.Text = result ;
}
}

You need to use the method. Regex.Matches. Matches method searches the specified input string for all occurrences of a regular expression.
Match method returns the first match only, Subsequent matches need to be retrieved.
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string infile = textBox1.Text;
StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(infile);
string allDetails = File.ReadAllText(infile);
var regexMatchCollection = Regex.Matches(allDetails, #"\d+");
foreach(Match mc in regexMatchCollection)
{
richTextBox1.AppendText(mc.Value);
richTextBox1.AppendText(",");
}
}

test.txt has
Auto 2017
Mech 2056
CSE 2016
in the following program File.ReadAllLines will store every line in a string array separately.Then we will use foreach loop to read single line at a time and store the extracted numbers in list e.g 2017 and finally with string.Join we will join the array and separate each word with "," and save it in string
List<string> list = new List<string>();
var textfile = File.ReadAllLines(#"D:\test.txt");
foreach (var line in textfile)
{
string result = Regex.Match(line, #"\d+").Value;
list.Add(result);
}
string numbers = string.Join(",",list.ToArray());
the output value will be
2017,2056,2016

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string infile = textBox1.Text;
StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(infile);
string allDetails = File.ReadAllText(infile);
string result = string.Empty;
foreach (var item in Regex.Matches(allDetails, #"\d+"))
{
result = result + item.ToString() + ",";
}
richTextBox1.Text = result.TrimEnd(',');
}

Without using Regex,below is the simplified code
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
StringBuilder numbers = new StringBuilder();
string allDetails = File.ReadAllText(textBox1.Text);
foreach(string word in allDetails.Split(' '))
{
int number;
if(int.TryParse(word, out number))
{
numbers.Append(number);
numbers.Append(",");
}
}
richTextBox1.Text = numbers.Trim(',');
}

static void Main(string[] args)
{
string[] lines = System.IO.File.ReadAllLines(#"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\ConsoleApplication1\ConsoleApplication1\txtFile.txt");
List<string> Codelst = new List<string>();
foreach (var item in lines)
{
var a= Regex.Match(item, #"\d+").Value;
Codelst .Add(a);
}
var r = Codelst;
}
Output is like this:

I have a query about checked list boxes in c#

I have set up a program that so far can browse for the location of a file that possesses data in a text file holding the locations of other files which then shows me if they exist, are missing or are a duplicate inside listboxes. The next step is to enable the user to select files in the checked list boxes and being given the option to either move or copy. I have already made buttons which allow this but I want to be able to use them for the checked boxes I the list boxes.(p.s) please ignore any comments I have made in the code they are just previous attempts of doing other things in the code.
My code so far:
namespace File_existence
{
public partial class fileForm : Form
{
private string _filelistlocation;
public fileForm()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void checkedListBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
public void fileForm_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
_filelistlocation = textBox1.Text;
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
//GetDuplicates();
checkedListBox1.Items.Clear();
listBox2.Items.Clear();
ReadFromList();
}
private void GetDuplicates()
{
DirectoryInfo directoryToCheck = new DirectoryInfo(#"C:\\temp");
FileInfo[] files = directoryToCheck.GetFiles("*.*", SearchOption.AllDirectories);
var duplicates = files.GroupBy(x => x.Name)
.Where(group => group.Count() > 1)
.Select(group => group.Key);
if (duplicates.Count() > 0)
{
MessageBox.Show("The file exists");
FileStream s2 = new FileStream(_filelistlocation, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read);
// open _filelistlocation
// foreach line in _filelistlocation
// concatenate pat hand filename
//
}
}
public void ReadFromList()
{
int lineCounter = 0;
int badlineCounter = 0;
using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(_filelistlocation))
{
String line;
while ((line = sr.ReadLine()) != null)
{
string[] values = line.Split('\t');
if (values.Length == 2)
{
string fullpath = string.Concat(values[1], "\\", values[0]);
if (File.Exists(fullpath))
checkedListBox1.Items.Add(fullpath);
else
listBox2.Items.Add(fullpath);
++lineCounter;
}
else
++badlineCounter;
//Console.WriteLine(line);
}
}
}
//StreamReader files= new StreamReader(File)();
private void listBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
}
private void button2_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
FolderBrowserDialog folderBrowserDlg = new FolderBrowserDialog();
folderBrowserDlg.ShowNewFolderButton = true;
DialogResult dlgResult = folderBrowserDlg.ShowDialog();
if (dlgResult.Equals(DialogResult.OK))
{
textBox1.Text = folderBrowserDlg.SelectedPath;
Environment.SpecialFolder rootFolder = folderBrowserDlg.RootFolder;
}
try
{
string fileName = "filetest1.txt";
string sourcePath = #"C:\Temp\Trade files\removed";
string targetPath = #"C:\Temp\Trade files\queued";
string sourceFile = System.IO.Path.Combine(sourcePath, fileName);
string destFile = System.IO.Path.Combine(targetPath,fileName);
System.IO.File.Copy(sourceFile, destFile, true);
}
catch (IOException exc)
{
MessageBox.Show(exc.Message);
}
}
private void button3_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
try
{
string sourceFile = #"C:\Temp\Trade Files\queued\filetest1.txt";
string destinationFile = #"C:\Temp\Trade Files\processed\filetest1.txt";
System.IO.File.Move(sourceFile, destinationFile);
}
catch(IOException ex){
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);//"File not found"
}
}
private void button4_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
OpenFileDialog fileBrowserDlg = new OpenFileDialog();
//folderBrowserDlg.ShowNewFolderButton = true;
//folderBrowserDlg.SelectedPath = _filelistlocation;
fileBrowserDlg.FileName = textBox1.Text;
DialogResult dlgResult = fileBrowserDlg.ShowDialog();
if (dlgResult.Equals(DialogResult.OK))
{
textBox1.Text = fileBrowserDlg.FileName;
File_existence.Properties.Settings.Default.Save();
// Environment.SpecialFolder rootFolder = folderBrowserDlg.RootFolder;
}
}
private void button5_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
if (!textBox1.Text.Equals(String.Empty))
{
if (System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(textBox1.Text).Length > 0)
{
foreach (string file in System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(textBox1.Text))
{
checkedListBox1.Items.Add(file);
}
}
else
{
checkedListBox1.Items.Add(String.Format("No file found: {0}", textBox1.Text));
}
}
}
}
}
The task I need to do is that the files that appear in the checked list box need to usually be moved or copied to another directory. That is fine as I can already do that with what I have coded, but what it does is it will move or copy all of the files in the checked list box. What I want to do is enable the user to only be able to select which files they what to move or copy through checking the checked list box so that only those files will be moved or copied.
EDIT: Could it be checkedListBox.checked items?

Show content of a selected text file in a combox C#

private void ToonInhoud()
{
string path = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory;
string[] filePaths = Directory.GetFiles(path, "*.txt");
foreach (string file in filePaths)
{
cboLanden.Items.Add(System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(file));
}
}
private void cboLanden_SelectionChanged(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e)
{
string path = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory;
StreamReader oSR = new StreamReader(path);
String sLijn = oSR.ReadLine();
while (sLijn != null)
{
string shops = sLijn;
lstWinkels.Items.Add(shops);
sLijn = oSR.ReadLine();
}
oSR.Close();
}
I have loaded 3 TEXT files in the first combobox and when 1 TEXT file is selected, I'd like to show the CONTENT in the Listbox using streamreader! So When you select TEXT file 1, i'd like the content of TEXT file 1 in the listbox, when I select TEXT file 2, I'd like the content of TEXT file 2 in the listbox, and so on.

To add lines from selected files:
void cboLanden_SelectionChanged(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e)
{
foreach(string fileName in e.AddedItems)
{
string path = Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, fileName);
foreach(string line in File.ReadLines(path))
lstWinkels.Items.Add(line);
}
// handle RemovedItems
}
If you want to get whole content of selected file, use
string content = File.ReadAllText(path)

Calling my class & method from a button in another class

I have a WindowsForm that has a DataGridView that shows output of my app. The class with the button is DriveRecursion_Results.cs. I want it so that once the button is pushed by the user, my method FileCleanUp() in my SanitizeFileNames class is called. I'm not quite sure how to do this though.
Here is the code for both classes:
public partial class DriveRecursion_Results : Form
{
public DriveRecursion_Results()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void listView1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
public void DriveRecursion(string retPath)
{
//recurse through files. Let user press 'ok' to move onto next step
// string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(retPath, "*.*", SearchOption.AllDirectories);
string pattern = " *[\\~#%&*{}/<>?|\"-]+ *";
//string replacement = "";
Regex regEx = new Regex(pattern);
string[] fileDrive = Directory.GetFiles(retPath, "*.*", SearchOption.AllDirectories);
List<string> filePath = new List<string>();
dataGridView1.Rows.Clear();
try
{
foreach (string fileNames in fileDrive)
{
if (regEx.IsMatch(fileNames))
{
string fileNameOnly = Path.GetFileName(fileNames);
string pathOnly = Path.GetDirectoryName(fileNames);
DataGridViewRow dgr = new DataGridViewRow();
filePath.Add(fileNames);
dgr.CreateCells(dataGridView1);
dgr.Cells[0].Value = pathOnly;
dgr.Cells[1].Value = fileNameOnly;
dataGridView1.Rows.Add(dgr);
filePath.Add(fileNames);
}
else
{
DataGridViewRow dgr2 = new DataGridViewRow();
dgr2.Cells[0].Value = "No Files To Clean Up";
dgr2.Cells[1].Value = "";
}
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(retPath + "ErrorLog.txt");
sw.Write(e);
}
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
//i want to call SanitizeFileName's method FileCleanup here.
}
}
Here is SanitizeFileNames:
public class SanitizeFileNames
{
public void FileCleanup(List<string>filePath)
{
string regPattern = "*[\\~#%&*{}/<>?|\"-]+*";
string replacement = "";
Regex regExPattern = new Regex(regPattern);
foreach (string files2 in filePath)
{
try
{
string filenameOnly = Path.GetFileName(files2);
string pathOnly = Path.GetDirectoryName(files2);
string sanitizedFileName = regExPattern.Replace(filenameOnly, replacement);
string sanitized = Path.Combine(pathOnly, sanitizedFileName);
//write to streamwriter
System.IO.File.Move(files2, sanitized);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
//write to streamwriter
}
}
}
}

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
List<string> paths = new List<string>()
// initialize paths to whatever is neccessary
//....
new SanitizeFileNames().FileCleanUp(paths)
}
Just create an instance of the class, and call the method.
However, the method itself does not use the state of the class, so it can be changed to a static method
public static void FileCleanup(List<string>filePath)
and you'll be able to call it without creating an instance, directly from the class, like this:
SanitizeFileNames.FileCleanUp(paths)