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Message: [QUOTE="jmcilhinney, post: 186033, member: 641"] This is a simple matter of scope. You create a [ICODE]StreamWriter[/ICODE] object and assign it to the local variable [ICODE]aFile[/ICODE]. That means that you can only access that object where you can access that variable. If you want to access the object outside that method then you need to assign it to a variable that is accessible outside that method. That said, you probably shouldn't do that anyway. It's generally not going to be appropriate to open a file and then keep it open for long periods of time that you're not using it. You should generally open the file, use it as required and then close it, opening it again later if you need to use it again. You can just call the [ICODE]File.AppendAllText[/ICODE] to write text to the end of a file wherever you like, without need of a [ICODE]StreamWriter[/ICODE] object or variable of your own. [/QUOTE]