DAT file

[Mikey12345]

Hi all,

Need help, How can i read a dat file in c# and display data in datagridview.

the data is in a comma format. Ie

a,b,c,d etc.......

many thanks,

[Oxiegen]

So it's actually a CSV file.
Try this:

private void PopulateDataGridView()
{
    string filePath = "<path to dat file>";
    System.IO.TextReader reader = new System.IO.StreamReader(filePath);
    bool colAdded = false;
    DataTable table = new DataTable("data");

    try
    {
        while (reader.Peek() != -1)
        {
            string[] tokens = System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Split(reader.ReadLine(), ",");
            if (!colAdded)
            {
                foreach (string token in tokens)
                {
                    table.Columns.Add(token);
                }
                colAdded = true;
            }
            else
            {
                DataRow row = table.NewRow();
                for (int i = 0; i < table.Columns.Count; i++)
                {
                    row[i] = tokens[i];
                }
                table.Rows.Add(row);
            }
        }

        dataGridView1.DataMember = "data";
        dataGridView1.DataSource = table;
    }
    finally
    {
        if (reader != null)
            reader.Close();
    }
}

[dskamburapola]

Hi All,
I tried this code. But I got error message in the code "table.Columns.Add(token);".

message is "A column named '1' already belongs to this DataTable."

please help me to fix this.

private void PopulateDataGridView()
{
    string filePath = "<path to dat file>";
    System.IO.TextReader reader = new System.IO.StreamReader(filePath);
    bool colAdded = false;
    DataTable table = new DataTable("data");

    try
    {
        while (reader.Peek() != -1)
        {
            string[] tokens = System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Split(reader.ReadLine(), ",");
            if (!colAdded)
            {
                foreach (string token in tokens)
                {
                    table.Columns.Add(token);
                }
                colAdded = true;
            }
            else
            {
                DataRow row = table.NewRow();
                for (int i = 0; i < table.Columns.Count; i++)
                {
                    row[i] = tokens[i];
                }
                table.Rows.Add(row);
            }
        }

        dataGridView1.DataMember = "data";
        dataGridView1.DataSource = table;
    }
    finally
    {
        if (reader != null)
            reader.Close();
    }
}