Unity Editor - From BinaryWriter to Object or TextAsset

Question

Is there any way to retrieve the file that a BinaryWriter creates and turn it into a TextAsset or Object?

I'm creating a custom editor for my project, it has an option to create a new binary file:

The field 'File' is for the user to drag an existing file, but the user can create a new one pressing the 'Create New File' button and ideally I would like the newly created file to be automatically placed in the field 'File'.

EDITED: As much as possible I would like to avoid saving the binary file to the resources folder and then load it and convert it to a TextAsset.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

1. Save the new TextFile using BinaryWriter into the Resources Folder. (Create on in your Workspace, if there is none)

2.a) Get the File as TextAsset via

 TextAsset textFile = (TextAsset)Resources.Load("myTextFile"), typeof(TextAsset));

2.b) Alternatively, try this to load the recently-generated file:

AssetDatabase.ImportAsset(path); // Update/Reload File in Unity
TextAsset asset = Resources.Load("myTextFile");

3. Assign textFile to the public variable File in your Custom Editor script.

If you don't want a Resources Folder, try this:

AssetDatabase.LoadAssetAtPath

Note: AssetDatabase.Refresh() updates Unity's file catalogue, so I was wrong with ImportAsset. See comments below.