Export Data to Text File | C# | WinForms
Learn How To Export Data to a Text File using C# in simple way. With this tutorial you will grasp the very basic idea of how to write in a file from databases or other sources.
Solutions -------
1. Connecting to a database to get our data into a datagridview
2. Using "System.IO.Textwriter" to write into a file of our choice
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C# Development Episode 4 Chapters -------
00:00 - How to EXPORT DATAGRIDVIEW to a TEXT file with C#
00:15 - Project creation (Windows Form App .NET FRAMEWORK)
00:47 - Application UI design
01:25 - SQL SERVER connection and data fetch and run to check
01:56 - Export to TXT File procedure
02:07 - Try - Catch clause
02:40 - How to check if a datagridview is empty using C#
03:11 - How to count datagridview column and row
04:24 - How to loop through datagridview row and column
05:17 - System.IO libraries
05:34 - Using "textwriter" to write datagridview contents into file
07:22 - How to save a file using SaveFileDialog using C#
09:22 - Remember to Close() the file after done writing in it (NOT IN THE LOOP)
09:44 - Remember to subtract 1 from row count limit in LOOP statement
10:05 - Code cleanup, beautifying output, information on export
10:25 - Final output and check
10:35 - End screen
Learn More in About Section -------
About Microsoft Visual Studio:
Visual Studio is an integrated development environment from Microsoft. It is used to develop computer programs including websites, web apps, web services and mobile apps
About C#:
C# is a general-purpose high-level programming language supporting multiple paradigms. C# encompasses static typing, strong typing, lexically scoped, imperative, declarative, functional, generic, object-oriented, and component-oriented programming disciplines.
About Microsoft SQL Server:
Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system developed by Microsoft. As a database server, it is a software product with the primary function of storing and retrieving data as requested by other software applications—which may run either on the same computer or on another computer across a network
About SQL:
Structured Query Language, abbreviated as SQL, is a domain-specific language used in programming and designed for managing data held in a relational database management system, or for stream processing in a relational data stream management system