C#

if(!Directory.Exists "your directory path"))
{
   Directory.CreateDirectory("your path");
}

// There are multiple ways to do this part...
// 1 way - This way will open the file if it exist, but create a new one if it doesn't.
FileStream fs;
if(!File.Exists("your file path"))
{
   fs = File.Create("your file path");
}
else
{
   fs = new FileStream("your file path", FileMode.Open);
}

// A 2nd way - This one will delete the existing file and let you start off with a new file.
if(File.Exists("your file path"))
{
   File.Delete("your file path");
}

using(FileStream fs = File.Create("your file path"))
{
   ... Write stuff to the file here
}

using (FileStream fs = File.OpenRead(path))
{
   ... Read the contents of the file here
}

if (xlRange.Cells[row, 1].Value2.ToString() == "Aircraft Kills (A-A)")

JFRobertson wrote:

why nothing is actually being written

excelDocument.Visible = true;

Excel.Application excelDocument = ExcelOperations.GetApplication();
            Excel.Workbook xlWorkbook = ExcelOperations.GetWorkbook(excelDocument);
            Excel.Worksheet xlWorksheet = ExcelOperations.GetWorksheet("", xlWorkbook);
            Excel.Range xlRange = ExcelOperations.GetRange(xlWorksheet);
            try
            {
                //This is the call to parse the tab document.  The query variable will hold a copy of everything in the text doc while it is
                //in scope.  The query is stored as a generic list to help with iteration without casting issues.
                var query = QueryTabDocument(columnsCount, filePath);
                List<ScoreTabFile> events = query.ToList();

                ////This code sets up and opens the excel score sheet so that it can be written too and read from. This 
                ////using statement is required for this code to work.  using Excel = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel;


                int rowCount = xlRange.Rows.Count;
                int colCount = xlRange.Columns.Count;

                //Calculate and record the air losses.
                int totalAircraftLostAA = 0;
                int totalAircraftLostSA = 0;
                ScoreCalculations.CalculateEnemyAirLosses(events, ref totalAircraftLostAA, ref totalAircraftLostSA);
                int column = 3;
                for (int row = 1; row <= rowCount; row++)
                {
                    if (string.Equals(xlRange.Cells[row, 1].Value2.ToString(), "Aircraft Kills (A-A)"))
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine(xlRange.Cells[row, 1].Value2.ToString());
                        Console.WriteLine("write attempted");
                        xlRange.Cells[row, column].Value2 = totalAircraftLostAA;
                    }
                }


                //Calculate and record ally airlosses
                ScoreCalculations.CalculateAllyAirLosses(events);

                //Calculate and record expended Ordnance
                ScoreCalculations.CalculateExpendedOrdnance(events);

                //Calculate and record ground targets hit
                ScoreCalculations.CalculateNamedGroundTargets(events);

                //xlWorkbook.Save();


            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);

            }
            finally
            {
                //Clean up the com objects
                GC.Collect();
                GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();

                Marshal.FinalReleaseComObject(xlRange);
                Marshal.FinalReleaseComObject(xlWorksheet);
                xlWorkbook.Close();
                Marshal.FinalReleaseComObject(xlWorkbook);
                excelDocument.Quit();
                Marshal.FinalReleaseComObject(excelDocument);
            }

jeramyRR wrote:

My question (I know it took long enough to get to it) is if anyone can point me to any tutorials on how to create a standard text editor that can parse input and change the colors of the text like html editors and ide's do.

Bastard Programmer from Hell