Settings

Updated on Feb 19, 2026

CsvFormatProvider allows to import and export CSV documents. Additionally, there are a number of settings that allow you to modify the import/export. The current article outlines the available settings.

CsvFormatProvider exposes a Settings property of type CsvSettings. This allows you to specify the following:

• Delimiter: Gets or sets the list separator. By default the CsvFormatProvider class imports and exports files using the list separator specified by the current culture of the system.

• Quote: Gets or sets the quote symbol.

• HasHeaderRow: Specifies whether the document has a header row. The default value is false.

• Encoding: Gets or sets the character encoding that is used when importing or exporting a file. The default value is UTF8 with BOM.

• ShouldExportEmptyValues: Gets or Sets a value indicating whether the empty values are exported.

Example 1 shows how to create and specify a particular setting to a CsvFormatProvider.

Example 1: Use CsvSettings

csharp

	CsvFormatProvider provider = new CsvFormatProvider();
	provider.Settings.Delimiter = ';';
	provider.Settings.Quote = '^';
	provider.Settings.HasHeaderRow = true;
	provider.Settings.Encoding = new UTF8Encoding();