Is There Any Way Without File.ReadAllText?

Question

As I love to develop file I/O applications and my new development platform is Windows Mobile. Is there any way to read all the file, without using File.ReadAllText?

Because Windows Mobile doesn't have this function.

Have you tried reading the File class documentation for the mobile platform? — Lazarus, Nov 12 '09 at 16:24
@Lazarus: Where can the documentation of the File class for the mobile platform be found? — AnthonyWJones, Nov 12 '09 at 16:32

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 12 '09 at 16:25

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Write your own:

static string ReadAllText(string path) {
    using (var r = new StreamReader(path)) {
        return r.ReadToEnd();
    }
}

answered Nov 12 '09 at 16:25

Frank Krueger

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Thanks very much, I'm going to build a library of this, to use in future projects. – Nathan Campos Nov 12 '09 at 16:29
Good, I highly recommend building up a personal "augment library" that fixes missing bits from the BCL. But it's also important to learn the IO library in and out - saves a lot of time. – Frank Krueger Nov 12 '09 at 16:32
To keep its size down, the BCL omits methods that are just short-cuts, like File.ReadAllText, where is simple enough to write your own version. – Polyfun Nov 12 '09 at 16:42

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 12 '09 at 16:26

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A lot of the file operations are supported by the mobile framework, for example:

string text;
using (StreamReader reader = File.OpenText(fileName)) {
   text = reader.ReadToEnd();
}

answered Nov 12 '09 at 16:26

Guffa

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Is There Any Way Without File.ReadAllText?

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