Question

C# coding assignment:

I want to fill the contents of my ComboBox with the contents of a text file, but it wont load.

This is my code:
(I have tried it under the form load event and even created my own event. Not sure what I'm doing wrong!)

try
{
StreamReader inputFile;
inputFile = File.OpenText("Occasions.txt");
while (inputFile.EndOfStream)
{
occasionsComboBox.Items.Add(inputFile.ReadLine());
}
inputFile.Close();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
this.Close();
}

Answer 1

I am guessing that it is because the while loop is never executed. Please change the loop to use ! like this

while (!inputFile.EndOfStream)

{

occasionsComboBox.Items.Add(inputFile.ReadLine());

}

You should check if it NOT end of file, then read and add an item. So use ! as I have shown above. That should solve your problem