Chapter 12. File IO and Serialization

Chapter 12. File I/O and Serialization

Section 12.0.   Introduction

Section 12.1.   Creating a New File

Section 12.2.   Verifying the Existence of a File

Section 12.3.   Opening a File for Reading Using the File Class

Section 12.4.   Using the FileInfo Class to Display File Information

Section 12.5.   Copying and Moving a File

Section 12.6.   Making a File Read Only

Section 12.7.   Writing to a File

Section 12.8.   Reading from a File

Section 12.9.   Appending Data to an Existing File

Section 12.10.   Improving Performance with a MemoryStream

Section 12.11.   Monitoring File and Directory Changes

Section 12.12.   Creating a Directory

Section 12.13.   Retrieving Directory Information

Section 12.14.   Enumerating Files and Subdirectories in a Directory

Section 12.15.   Saving Object State with Serialization

Section 12.16.   Recreating Objects with Deserialization

Section 12.17.   Preventing Object Items from Being Serialized

Section 12.18.   Customizing the Serialization Process