Making a Path statement with a User Defined Input

[Taddypole]

I'm working with the StreamReader Sample and wanted to make the Path statement accept a user defined input.

Thus in the SampleStreamReader example in the variables section is the declaration of the path:

private string path = Cbi.Core.UserDataDir.ToString() + "MyTestFile.txt";

I want to make "MyTestFile.txt" modifiable.

I've been trying various things but nothing is working.

Can someone help?

Thank you
taddypole...

[koganam]

I'm working with the StreamReader Sample and wanted to make the Path statement accept a user defined input.

Thus in the SampleStreamReader example in the variables section is the declaration of the path:

private string path = Cbi.Core.UserDataDir.ToString() + "MyTestFile.txt";

I want to make "MyTestFile.txt" modifiable.

I've been trying various things but nothing is working.

Can someone help?

Thank you
taddypole...

 
private string fileName;
private string path                 = Cbi.Core.UserDataDir.ToString()

path = path + this.FileName;

 
[Description("")]
[GridCategory("Parameters")]
public string FileName
{
get { return fileName; }
set { fileName = value; }
}

[Taddypole]

thank you koganam,

I now have it working.
Your help is much appreciated.

...taddypole

[Taddypole]

I now want to take this StreamReader to the next level by programmatically changing the file name based on today's date. The file I'm after is the log file created by NinjaTrader.

I have most of the logic worked out but i'm having problems concatenating the path in this statement:

if (File.Exists(path + fileName))


It seems the above statement does not accept concatenation.

Can someone shed some light on this one?

thanks,
taddypole...

[Taddypole]

never mind...

if you try enough iterations, your bound to get it...

here's the final solution...

[Taddypole]

sorry, still have another bug, need to check for date change before updating the path. Otherwise is concatenates on each pass.

out of time at the moment, will have to do this later...

taddypole...