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Originally posted by DriveU

First thing for ease create a ...

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Originally posted by DriveU

First thing for ease create a 
struct sFInfo
{
 string sFolder;
 string sFileName;
 string sDate;
}
First thing is Open the file using a StreamTextReader or for that matter many other readers exist
After Opening the file successfully meaning check for null
Loop until End of File
ArrayList GetFileInfo(string sFName) 
// sFName is the Text file which contains info you want to extract
{
string[] sArr;
sFInfo Fobj;
string sLine;
ArrayList alFileLst = new ArrayList();

while(!sr.EOF)
{
 sLine=sr.ReadLine();
 
 sArr= sLine.Split('|');
 FObj.sFolder=sArr[0];FObj.sFileName=sArr[1];
 FObj.sDate=sArr[2];
 alFileLst.Add(fo);
}
sr.Close();
sr=null
return alFileLst;
}

public void InfoWriter(ArrayList alFileList, string sCutoffDate)
{

My intent was not to write a complete program just give a direction one can take in a situation like this.
My solution will work for sure if done properly.
Maybe you have a better solution but my solution will work if implemented properly.
First thing is to separate information of interest with reference to the text file
Second thing is to perform a check to isolate data based on input parameters using StringBuilder build the format and as we go about doing this accumulate results and finally show the formatted strings.

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