Introduction

The FromList method will create a RuntimeCsvRepresentation according to the object passed to it. This method can be used to generate a RuntimeCsvRepresentation which can be saved to disk to create a CSV.

Example Code

The following code will create a RuntimeCsvRepresentation from a list of Vector3's:

List<Vector3> listOfVectors = new Vector3();
listOfVectors.Add(new Vector3(0,0,0));
listOfVectors.Add(new Vector3(1,2,3));
listOfVectors.Add(new Vector3(4.2f,1,1f,3.3f));

RuntimeCsvRepresentation rcr = RuntimeCsvRepresentation.FromList(listOfVectors);

XmlIgnore

The FromList method will ignore any fields or properties which have the XmlIgnore attribute. This allows objects which are built for XmlSerialization to serialize the same using RuntimeCsvRepresentations.

Introduction

The GenerateCsvString method can be used to generate a string in CSV format. The resulting string can be saved to a file to create a CSV which can be opened in any application that supports CSVs.

Code Example

The following code shows how to use the GenerateCsvString method:

RuntimeCsvRepresentation rcr = new RuntimeCsvRepresentation();

rcr.Headers = new CsvHeader[2];
rcr.Headers[0] = new CsvHeader("Header1");
rcr.Headers[1] = new CsvHeader("Header2 (int)");

rcr.Records = new List<string[]>();
rcr.Records.Add(new string[2]);
rcr.Records[0][0] = "FirstColumnValue";
rcr.Records[0][1] = "3";

string result = rcr.GenerateCsvString();

The result string will contain:

Header1,Header2 (int)
FirstColumnValue,3

Introduction

The RuntimeCsvRepresentation class is a general-purpose class which represents a CSV file. It can be easily created through the CsvFileManager.

Loading a RuntimeCsvRepresentation

RuntimeCsvRepresentations can be loaded as follows:

// Assuming fileName is a valid CSV file:
RuntimeCsvRepresentation instance = CsvFileManager.CsvDeserializeToRuntime(fileName);

For more information see the CsvFileManager page.

RuntimeCsvRepresentation Members

• FlatRedBall.IO.Csv.RuntimeCsvRepresentation.FromList

• FlatRedBall.IO.Csv.RuntimeCsvRepresentation.GenerateCsvString

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