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Dowzer721 (3)
Hello, I am currently trying to create a simple form which allows the user to choose the file name and file content; but with it's location pre-defined.
However, my main problem is that I want to set the location and file-name as a single thing, as you'll see in my code. However I keep getting the same error messages : 

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1>  Write to text file.cpp
1>c:\users\luke\documents\visual studio 2010\projects\write to text file\write to text file\Form1.h(182): error C2664: 'System::IO::StreamWriter::StreamWriter(System::IO::Stream ^,System::Text::Encoding ^)' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'System::String ^' to 'System::IO::Stream ^'
1>          No user-defined-conversion operator available, or
1>          Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast
1>c:\users\luke\documents\visual studio 2010\projects\write to text file\write to text file\Form1.h(189): error C2664: 'System::IO::StreamWriter::StreamWriter(System::IO::Stream ^,System::Text::Encoding ^)' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'System::String ^' to 'System::IO::Stream ^'
1>          No user-defined-conversion operator available, or
1>          Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========


Here is my full code:

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#pragma once

namespace Writetotextfile {

	using namespace System;
	using namespace System::ComponentModel;
	using namespace System::Collections;
	using namespace System::Windows::Forms;
	using namespace System::Data;
	using namespace System::Drawing;
	
	using namespace System::Diagnostics;
	using namespace System::IO;

	/// <summary>
	/// Summary for Form1
	/// </summary>
	public ref class Form1 : public System::Windows::Forms::Form
	{
	public:
		Form1(void)
		{
			InitializeComponent();
			//
			//TODO: Add the constructor code here
			//
		}

	protected:
		/// <summary>
		/// Clean up any resources being used.
		/// </summary>
		~Form1()
		{
			if (components)
			{
				delete components;
			}
		}
	private: System::Windows::Forms::Label^  txtNameTag;
	protected: 
	private: System::Windows::Forms::TextBox^  textFileName;

	private: System::Windows::Forms::Label^  txtBodyTag;
	private: System::Windows::Forms::TextBox^  textFileBody;


	private: System::Windows::Forms::Button^  AcceptButton;
	private: System::Windows::Forms::Button^  CancelButton;
	private: System::Windows::Forms::TextBox^  textFileLocation;
	private: System::Windows::Forms::Label^  addExtensionHint;


	private:
		/// <summary>
		/// Required designer variable.
		/// </summary>
		System::ComponentModel::Container ^components;

#pragma region Windows Form Designer generated code
		/// <summary>
		/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
		/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
		/// </summary>
		void InitializeComponent(void)
		{
			this->txtNameTag = (gcnew System::Windows::Forms::Label());
			this->textFileName = (gcnew System::Windows::Forms::TextBox());
			this->txtBodyTag = (gcnew System::Windows::Forms::Label());
			this->textFileBody = (gcnew System::Windows::Forms::TextBox());
			this->AcceptButton = (gcnew System::Windows::Forms::Button());
			this->CancelButton = (gcnew System::Windows::Forms::Button());
			this->textFileLocation = (gcnew System::Windows::Forms::TextBox());
			this->addExtensionHint = (gcnew System::Windows::Forms::Label());
			this->SuspendLayout();
			// 
			// txtNameTag
			// 
			this->txtNameTag->AutoSize = true;
			this->txtNameTag->Location = System::Drawing::Point(12, 9);
			this->txtNameTag->Name = L"txtNameTag";
			this->txtNameTag->Size = System::Drawing::Size(86, 13);
			this->txtNameTag->TabIndex = 0;
			this->txtNameTag->Text = L"Name of text file:";
			// 
			// textFileName
			// 
			this->textFileName->Location = System::Drawing::Point(117, 6);
			this->textFileName->Name = L"textFileName";
			this->textFileName->RightToLeft = System::Windows::Forms::RightToLeft::Yes;
			this->textFileName->Size = System::Drawing::Size(208, 20);
			this->textFileName->TabIndex = 1;
			this->textFileName->Text = L"example.txt";
			// 
			// txtBodyTag
			// 
			this->txtBodyTag->AutoSize = true;
			this->txtBodyTag->Location = System::Drawing::Point(12, 47);
			this->txtBodyTag->Name = L"txtBodyTag";
			this->txtBodyTag->Size = System::Drawing::Size(82, 13);
			this->txtBodyTag->TabIndex = 3;
			this->txtBodyTag->Text = L"Body of text file:";
			// 
			// textFileBody
			// 
			this->textFileBody->Location = System::Drawing::Point(117, 44);
			this->textFileBody->Multiline = true;
			this->textFileBody->Name = L"textFileBody";
			this->textFileBody->ScrollBars = System::Windows::Forms::ScrollBars::Vertical;
			this->textFileBody->Size = System::Drawing::Size(322, 112);
			this->textFileBody->TabIndex = 4;
			// 
			// AcceptButton
			// 
			this->AcceptButton->Location = System::Drawing::Point(270, 162);
			this->AcceptButton->Name = L"AcceptButton";
			this->AcceptButton->Size = System::Drawing::Size(108, 23);
			this->AcceptButton->TabIndex = 9;
			this->AcceptButton->Text = L"Accept and Create";
			this->AcceptButton->UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
			this->AcceptButton->Click += gcnew System::EventHandler(this, &Form1::AcceptButton_Click);
			// 
			// CancelButton
			// 
			this->CancelButton->Location = System::Drawing::Point(384, 162);
			this->CancelButton->Name = L"CancelButton";
			this->CancelButton->Size = System::Drawing::Size(55, 23);
			this->CancelButton->TabIndex = 10;
			this->CancelButton->Text = L"Cancel";
			this->CancelButton->UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
			this->CancelButton->Click += gcnew System::EventHandler(this, &Form1::CancelButton_Click);
			// 
			// textFileLocation
			// 
			this->textFileLocation->Location = System::Drawing::Point(12, 164);
			this->textFileLocation->Name = L"textFileLocation";
			this->textFileLocation->Size = System::Drawing::Size(252, 20);
			this->textFileLocation->TabIndex = 11;
			this->textFileLocation->Text = L"C:/Users/Luke/Documents/Text Files";
			// 
			// addExtensionHint
			// 
			this->addExtensionHint->AutoSize = true;
			this->addExtensionHint->Location = System::Drawing::Point(331, 9);
			this->addExtensionHint->Name = L"addExtensionHint";
			this->addExtensionHint->Size = System::Drawing::Size(132, 13);
			this->addExtensionHint->TabIndex = 12;
			this->addExtensionHint->Text = L"(Don\'t forget file extension)";
			// 
			// Form1
			// 
			this->AutoScaleDimensions = System::Drawing::SizeF(6, 13);
			this->AutoScaleMode = System::Windows::Forms::AutoScaleMode::Font;
			this->ClientSize = System::Drawing::Size(475, 190);
			this->ControlBox = false;
			this->Controls->Add(this->addExtensionHint);
			this->Controls->Add(this->textFileLocation);
			this->Controls->Add(this->CancelButton);
			this->Controls->Add(this->AcceptButton);
			this->Controls->Add(this->textFileBody);
			this->Controls->Add(this->txtBodyTag);
			this->Controls->Add(this->textFileName);
			this->Controls->Add(this->txtNameTag);
			this->Name = L"Form1";
			this->Text = L"Write to text file";
			this->ResumeLayout(false);
			this->PerformLayout();

		}
#pragma endregion
private: System::Void browseButton_Click(System::Object^  sender, System::EventArgs^  e) {
			Process::Start("explorer.exe");
			}
private: System::Void CancelButton_Click(System::Object^  sender, System::EventArgs^  e) {
//			this->Hide();
			Application::Exit();
			}
private: System::Void AcceptButton_Click(System::Object^  sender, System::EventArgs^  e) {

if (textFileBody->Text == "")
{
StreamWriter ^outFile= gcnew StreamWriter(textFileLocation->Text, textFileName->Text);
outFile->Write("FILE EMPTY");
outFile->Write(DateTime::Now);
outFile->Close();
}
else
{
StreamWriter ^outFile= gcnew StreamWriter(textFileLocation->Text, textFileName->Text);
outFile->Write(textFileBody->Text);
outFile->Write(DateTime::Now);
outFile->Close();
}
}
};
}


Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Dowzer. ☮
PacR (97)
Im new to this and i might not be right but when you see error like this :
cannot convert parameter 1 from 'System::String ^' to 'System::IO::Stream ^

this means that you are trying to convert from System::String ^' to 'System::IO::Stream ^ SO go to google and search for " how to convert System::String ^' to 'System::IO::Stream ^ "

Also you might try something like this:

StreamWriter ^outFile= gcnew StreamWriter(System::IO::Stream(textFileLocation->Text) , textFileName->Text);
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