Hello C#ers,
I apologize for the rudimentary question but I did not realize my issue till now. I have a large csv file some 214MB. Initially I made my program readalllines and it takes forever. I understand to fix this problem streamreader can help. However any of the tutorials I try don't seem to work. I understand this can be a simple fix, I would really appreciate any help. Here is the code and here is a snip of what my data looks like:

"Date","Time","Open","High","Low","Close","Up","Down"
11/12/2007,0832,88.38,88.38,88.38,88.38,250,250
11/12/2007,0832,87.75,87.75,87.75,87.75,100,100
11/12/2007,0834,88.00,88.00,88.00,88.00,50,50
11/12/2007,0834,88.00,88.00,88.00,88.00,50,50
11/12/2007,0834,88.00,88.00,88.00,88.00,50,50



private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            string delimiter = (string)this.listBox1.SelectedItem;
            //Check Delimiter type. If none selected Return
            if (delimiter == null)
            {
                MessageBox.Show("Please Select a Delimiter", "Selection");
                return;
            }
            double barFreq = (double)this.barFreq.Value;
            if (barFreq == 0)
            {
                MessageBox.Show("Please Select an Interval", "Selection");
                return;
            }
            DialogResult dr = openFileDialog1.ShowDialog();
            if (dr == DialogResult.OK)
            {
                String filename = openFileDialog1.FileName;
                String[] lines = System.IO.File.ReadAllLines(filename);


                DateTime minBarStartTime = DateTime.MinValue;
                decimal minBarOpen = -1m;
                decimal minBarHigh = 0m;
                decimal minBarLow = decimal.MaxValue;
                decimal minBarClose = 0m;

                if (System.IO.File.Exists(@"c:\Bars.txt"))
                    if (MessageBox.Show(@"Delete c:\Bars.txt?", "delete output file?", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo) == DialogResult.Yes)
                        System.IO.File.Delete(@"c:\Bars.txt");

                foreach (string line in lines)
                {
                    String[] fields = line.Split(Convert.ToChar(delimiter));

                    //progressBar1.Maximum = lines.Length;
                    //progressBar1.Minimum = 0;
                    //progressBar1.TabIndex = 0;
                    //progressBar1.Value = 0;
                    //progressBar1.Step = 10;
                    //delegate void UpdateProgressDelegate();
                    //    progressBar1.Invoke(UpdateProgressDelegate, new object[]75);
                    //void UpdateProgressBar(line)
                    //{
                    //    this.progressBar1.Value = line;
                    //}


                    try
                    {
                        DateTime date = DateTime.Parse(fields[0]);
                        date = date.AddHours(double.Parse(fields[1].Substring(0, 2)));
                        date = date.AddMinutes(double.Parse(fields[1].Substring(2)));
                        decimal open = decimal.Parse(fields[2]);
                        decimal high = decimal.Parse(fields[3]);
                        decimal low = decimal.Parse(fields[4]);
                        decimal close = decimal.Parse(fields[5]);

                        if (high > minBarHigh)
                            minBarHigh = high;

                        if (low < minBarLow)
                            minBarLow = low;

                        if (minBarOpen == -1m)
                            minBarOpen = open;

                        if (date.Subtract(minBarStartTime).TotalSeconds > Convert.ToDouble(barFreq))
                        {
                            minBarClose = close;

                            if (minBarStartTime > DateTime.MinValue)
                            {
                                newMinBar(minBarStartTime, minBarOpen, minBarHigh, minBarLow, minBarClose);
System.IO.File.AppendAllText(@"c:\Bars.txt", minBarStartTime.ToString() + "," + minBarOpen.ToString() + "," + minBarHigh.ToString() + "," + minBarLow.ToString() + "," + minBarClose.ToString() + "\r\n");
                            }
                            minBarOpen = -1m;
                            minBarLow = decimal.MaxValue;
                            minBarStartTime = date;
                        }
                    }
                    catch
                    {

                    }
                }
            }
        }

Much Appreciated

Use CODE tags for your code, dude.

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