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Alright. So I'm fairly new to C#. What i've down thus far is create the beginnings of my program:

            using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.IO;

namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
public partial class BirdNumber : Form
{
public BirdNumber()
{
InitializeComponent();
}

    private void BirdNumber_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {


    }

    private void SessionNumber_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {


    }

    private void dateTimePicker_ValueChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

    }

    private void Habituation_CheckedChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

    }

    private void Autoshaping_CheckedChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

    }

    private void TITraining_CheckedChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

    }

    private void TITesting_CheckedChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

    }

    private void StartButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {



}


}

}

What I want to do is have the StartButton, when clicked is record which radiobutton was clicked as well as data from the 3 text boxes into a textfile.

I've googled many possible answers, but none of them seem to do all that I want. Any suggests?

I can provide more code if necessary, but it would just be the form.designer.cs code.

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As suggested, break the task into three steps: determine which RadioButton is checked, read the TextBoxes/DateTimePicker, then append the data to a file. already has the handler stubs in place — the example below implements those steps, adds simple validation, writes a CSV line (with a header the first time), and reports success/failure. Replace NotesTextBox with the actual name of the third TextBox on the form and confirm the control names match your designer.

private void StartButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(BirdNumber.Text) || string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(SessionNumber.Text))
    {
        MessageBox.Show("Please enter bird number and session number.", "Missing data",
            MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Warning);
        return;
    }

    string trialType = "Unknown";
    if (Habituation.Checked) trialType = "Habituation";
    else if (Autoshaping.Checked) trialType = "Autoshaping";
    else if (TITraining.Checked) trialType = "TITraining";
    else if (TITesting.Checked) trialType = "TITesting";

    string dateTime = dateTimePicker.Value.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
    string bird = BirdNumber.Text.Trim().Replace(",", " ");
    string session = SessionNumber.Text.Trim().Replace(",", " ");
    string notes = NotesTextBox.Text.Trim().Replace(",", " "); // replace with your third textbox name

    string line = string.Format("{0},{1},{2},{3},{4}", dateTime, bird, session, trialType, notes);
    string path = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments), "bird_log.csv");

    try
    {
        bool writeHeader = !File.Exists(path);
        using (var sw = new StreamWriter(path, true, Encoding.UTF8))
        {
            if (writeHeader) sw.WriteLine("DateTime,Bird,Session,TrialType,Notes");
            sw.WriteLine(line);
        }
        MessageBox.Show("Saved to " + path, "Saved", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information);
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show("Could not save file: " + ex.Message, "Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
    }
}

Notes and troubleshooting: verify the StartButton.Click event is wired to StartButton_Click in the designer (or with StartButton.Click += StartButton_Click;). Keep radio buttons grouped so only one can be checked at a time (same container or GroupBox). Use Environment.GetFolderPath to avoid hard-coded paths and check file permissions if saving fails. For robust CSV handling (commas/quotes/newlines in fields) consider using a CSV library or quoting fields instead of the simple Replace shown here.

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But what you will find when you Google are answers that handle part of what you are trying to achieve. Break it down into the steps:
Determine which radio button is clicked
read data from a control (your textbooks)
write to file

Each of these things can easily be googled and then put together to give you your complete answer.

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