text file

[tanker0016]

How do I create, save, open, and retrieve information from a text file.


Tanker0016

 

[VNDN]

Use FileSystemObject
Make sure to include microsoft scripting runtime reference in your project. Good Luck

 

[ADoozer]

or search msdn (or this forum) for "open statement"

good luck!

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[andyrne]

Very good reference site for vbscript (has all filesystemobject commands etc) is:

http://www.devguru.com/Technologies/vbscript/quickref/vbscript_list.html

 

[Error7]

There are many variations on this and you need to look up a reference for more detail but to get you started:-

To open a file for writing use:
Open "MyFileName.txt" for OUTPUT as #1 (or) Open "MyFileName.txt" for APPEND as #1
Print #1, "MyText"
Close #1

'Output will create a new file, overwriting an existing file if it exists.
'Append will create a new file or add to an existing one.

To open a file for reading use:
Open "MyFileName.txt" for INPUT as #1
Do While Not EOF(1)
Input #1, MyText (or) Line Input #1, MyText
List1.AddItem MyText '(Display the contents of the file in a listbox, textbox or whatever you prefer)
Loop
Close #1

'Use Line Input if MyText includes any punctuation marks otherwise you will only Input text up to the first punctuation.

Good Luck

 

[tanker0016]

If i were to have about 23 text boxes and 3 drop down boxes how would i save them under 1 file and not write over that data, but add on to it..... And each text box is going to display a part of this.... basically what the program is a program that stores information for a set a tires like pressure and temperature....

thx

Tanker0016

 

[johnwm]

Use the Append version that bigalbigal has given you, and loop round the textboxes.

To loop, look up [tt]For Each...Next[/tt] and [tt]Typeof[/tt]


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