Question

I’m implementing a Windows application to make planning projects easier at my workplace and I was wondering if there’s any clever way of making a txt-file nicely structured.

The application is really very simple, pretty much what it does is give the user a question which is answered in a textbox bellow. The question AND the answer are then both sent to a file but it looks very tacky.

Example:

Question?Answer!Question?Answer!

I would like it to be more like this:

Question?
Answer!

Question?
Answer!

I was also curious about other types files, is it possible to use Pdf or MS word the same way as txt?

Answer 1

You can use File.AppendAllLines() and pass in the different strings as an array. They will appear as separate lines in the text file. You’ll also need to add a using System.IO at the top of your file.

For example:

// Ensure file exists before we write
if (!File.Exists("<YOUR_FILE_PATH>.txt"))
{
    using (File.CreateText("<YOUR_FILE_PATH>.txt")) {}
}

File.AppendAllLines("<YOUR_FILE_PATH>.txt", new string[] {
    "Question1",
    "Answer1",
    "Question2",
    "Answer2",
    "Question3",
    "Answer3"
});

I hope this is what you’re after – the question is a little vague.

As for Word and PDF files, this is more complex. Here’s a link to a StackOverflow question about Word:

How can a Word document be created in C#?

and one about PDF:

Creating pdf files at runtime in c#