Question

The code below gives me three compiler errors. They are as follows:

1. The type or namespace name ‘TextWriter’ could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)
2. The name ‘File’ does not exist in the current context
3. The name ‘filename’ does not exist in the current context

Can anyone provide some clarification as to why these errors are occurring, and how I can fix them?

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   using (TextWriter writer = File.CreateText(filename.txt)) {
      writer.WriteLine("First name: {0}", textBox1.Text);
      writer.WriteLine("Last name: {0}", textBox2.Text);
      writer.WriteLine("Phone number: {0}", maskedTextBox1.Text);
      writer.WriteLine("Date of birth: {0}", textBox4.Text);
   } 
}

Answer 1

For Error 1 and Error 2, make sure you are using System.IO;

For Error 3, if the name of the file to be read is “filename.text”, make sure you place the quotes like so:

using (TextWriter writer = File.CreateText("filename.txt"))

because otherwise it is trying to find a variable filename and property txt rather than the string “filename.txt”.