Reading a text file
Apart from writing plain text to a file, it is also possible to read its content. In this recipe, you will learn how to do it.
As an example, you will modify the project from the previous recipe to support the operation of reading content of a text file. This modification requires you to add a Load button. Once you click on it, the loaded content will be shown in the textbox.
Getting ready
To step through this recipe, you need the project from the previous recipe.
How to do it...
To prepare an example that reads notes from a text file, perform the following steps:
Adjust the design of the page by modifying the content of the
MainPage.xaml
file, as shown in the following code snippet:<Page (...)> <Grid Padding="20"> <Grid.RowDefinitions> (...) <RowDefinition Height="20" /> <RowDefinition Height="Auto" /> </Grid.RowDefinitions> (...) ...