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FileCreateText Method
Creates or opens a file for writing UTF-8 encoded text.

Namespace: System.IO
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll) Version: 4.0.0.0
Syntax
C#
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public static StreamWriter CreateText(
	string path
)

Parameters

path
Type: SystemString
The file to be opened for writing.

Return Value

Type: StreamWriter
A StreamWriter that writes to the specified file using UTF-8 encoding.
Exceptions
ExceptionCondition
UnauthorizedAccessExceptionThe caller does not have the required permission.
ArgumentExceptionpath is a zero-length string, contains only white space, or contains one or more invalid characters as defined by InvalidPathChars.
ArgumentNullExceptionpath is null.
PathTooLongExceptionThe specified path, file name, or both exceed the system-defined maximum length. For example, on Windows-based platforms, paths must be less than 248 characters, and file names must be less than 260 characters.
DirectoryNotFoundExceptionThe specified path is invalid (for example, it is on an unmapped drive).
NotSupportedExceptionpath is in an invalid format.
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