Setting stream writer output file to desktop

[forrestang]

Hello. I have done this before, but I no longer have the indies in which I have done this simple operation before.

I would like to simply write to a text file, and the location I want to write to is my desktop. It is simply the syntax that I am missing.

Below is an example of what I am trying to do. The first line is taken from the reference sample, which works, but it outputs the output file to my default NT directory. The commented out line, is where I would like it to go but the syntax is not correct.

The attached pic is the error that I get in the output window.

		private string path 			= Cbi.Core.UserDataDir.ToString() + "OutPut.txt";
//		private string path 			= "@C:Users\Forrest\Desktop\OutPut.txt";

[NinjaTrader_JessicaP]

Hello forrestang, and thank you for your question.

I am including an excerpt from the following publicly available MSDN C# link. Please let us know if there are any other questions we could answer.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/6ka1wd3w.aspx

[FONT=Courier New]// Create a string array with the lines of text
string[] lines = { "First line", "Second line", "Third line" };

// Set a variable to the My Documents path.
string mydocpath =
    Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments);

// JDP Mon Dec 19 09:54:37 MST 2016
// Using the path you provided instead
mydocpath = Cbi.Core.UserDataDir.ToString() + "OutPut.txt";

// Write the string array to a new file named "WriteLines.txt".
using (StreamWriter outputFile = new StreamWriter(mydocpath + @"\WriteLines.txt")) {
    foreach (string line in lines)
        outputFile.WriteLine(line);
}[/FONT]

[spottysallrite]

Try:
@"C:\\Users\Forrest\Desktop\OutPut.txt";

Hello. I have done this before, but I no longer have the indies in which I have done this simple operation before.

I would like to simply write to a text file, and the location I want to write to is my desktop. It is simply the syntax that I am missing.

Below is an example of what I am trying to do. The first line is taken from the reference sample, which works, but it outputs the output file to my default NT directory. The commented out line, is where I would like it to go but the syntax is not correct.

The attached pic is the error that I get in the output window.

        private string path             = Cbi.Core.UserDataDir.ToString() + "OutPut.txt";
//        private string path             = "@C:Users\Forrest\Desktop\OutPut.txt";