private void save_to_file() //saves the assignments to a file { MyAssignments.Sort((x, y) => x.DueDate.CompareTo(y.DueDate)); using (System.IO.StreamWriter file = new System.IO.StreamWriter(@"saves\StudentAssignments.txt")) { foreach (var Assignment in MyAssignments) { file.WriteLine("{0}\r\n{1}\r\n{2}\r\n{3}", Assignment.AssignName, Assignment.Notes, Assignment.ClassName, Assignment.DueDate); } file.Close(); } }