Opening A Text File Using Notepad
I've made a help text file that I want to be accessed through the menu, and when the menu item is clicked. I'd like the text file to be opened in Notepad while my Visual Basic program is still running, similar to what would happen if you double clicked the text file in Windows Explorer. What sort of syntax do I need to use?
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Anyone
I've created a file in note pad
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Do until EOF(1)
Line Input #1, TMP$
Loop
Tmp$ = Tmp$ + vbcrlf$
CLose #1
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Hello, i'm wondering how to display the notepad ontop of programs running, currently, it goes in the backround, anyway to do this? I use the following code to open notepad and my text file in the same directory as program.
Code:
bool = Shell("notepad textfile.txt")
Opening Txt File With Notepad
Okay i have a combo box (categories), a textbox (AddNewCategory)
and a button (add2)
The user types in a file name then clicks the button Add2 then that goes to the categories(combobox). Then i want it to be opened in notepad right after its been clicked ( feel free to take the sleep out) I use this code below to do it except when opening Notepad it wont work.
Code:
Private Sub Add2_Click()
Dim fso As New FileSystemObject
Dim Apath As String
Dim Spath As String
Apath = App.Path
Categories.AddItem (AddNewCategory.Text)
fso.CreateTextFile (AddNewCategory.Text & ".txt")
Spath = Apath & "" & AddNewCategory.Text & ".txt"
Sleep 1000
Shell "Notepad" Spath, vbNormalFocus
End Sub
please help!
thanks in advance
Opening A File In Notepad
How does one open Notepad with a given file already loaded into it?
For my purposes, Notepad is always in the same place, and the file of interest, named COUNTER.LOG, is always in the folder of the VB program that wants to give users a look at it.
Louis F. Sander
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Opening Notepad... Skipping Certain Lines And Writing Text.
I have a program I am working on that will first create a text file and write data on the first line.
Open App.Path & "
otes" + "Me" + ".txt" For Output As #1
Print #1, "Line #1"
Close #1
Later on when new data is going to be added to the text file I want visual basic to start writing on line #2 of "Me.txt" so that the original data on line #1 is not erased.
What is the code that will tell visual basic, "Open me.txt and write "line #2" on line number two, so that my info on line number one is saved along with the "line #2?"
Opening A NotePad File ***RESOLVED***
The following opens NotePad but I get a message that it can't find the file. I did a debug.print on the App.Path and I know I'm in the correct directory where the file is located. Also, the *.log file name is correct. Any ideas what's going on?
VB Code:
Shell "NOTEPAD.EXE & App.Path & MachineTenderPM10_error.log", vbMaximizedFocus
VB: Opening CSV File In Excel Versus Notepad
My application opens a CSV file in Excel but because of some of the values it reads the values incorrectly. For example, if you open the CSV file in notepad there is a value '71902E10' that translates to 7.19E+14 or 719020000000000. How can I get it to translate properly to 71902E10. Can I format the cells before it opens? Or should I open it in notepad and process that way. If so how can I open a csv file in notepad when it automatically wants to open in excel? I'd rather be able to format and use excel if possible...
Copy All Text From Textbox, Open Notepad, And Automatically Paste To New Notepad Shee
Hello everyone.
I am trying to copy all text, that is already in the textbox, to a new notepad sheet.
Example:
Step 1. Copy all text in Text1 box to clipboard.
Step 2. Open Notepad
Step 3. Paste clipboard to notepad.
All this should be done with one click of a button.
I get as far as copying everything to the clipboard, and it even opens up notepad, but I still have to manually paste (CTRL-V) into notepad.
I would even like it to ask me what name to save it as as well as where to save it at...just like the Save As function in Word or something.
Here is what I have so far.
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Dim MyAppID
Clipboard.Clear
Clipboard.SetText Text1.Text
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AppActivate MyAppID
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I want to open a specific text file from within VB. For example, by clicking a button. I have tried ShellExecute..but it does not seem to work.
Help.
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My application generates a number of .Log files. All are standard text files that I can easily view in Notepad. What I'd like to do is add a menu item which, from within my program, my user to open them and view them, in notepad. I've tried:
VB Code:
Shell "c:myfoldermylog.log", vbNormalFocus'and I have triedShell "notepad.exe c:myfoldermylog.log", vbNormalFocus
And neither one works. What am I doing wrong?
Open Text File With Notepad??
I've tried to open the text file with notepad with the
following command
ShellExecute(Me.hwnd, "open", "c: emp
eadme.txt", 0&, 0&, SW_SHOWNORMAL)
but it wouldn't do anything, I'm pretty sure in the register, the txt file is associated with notepad
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How can I open notepad and display text which isn't in a file?
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I have a button
"open in notepad"
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Question On Parsing Notepad Text File With VBA... Please Help
I just got tasked this at work and have a few questions. I found some code from someone at work that did something similar to what i am doing now. Essentially i have a document with requirements in it and some of those requirements have data that refers to definitions as well as some tables. The code that i had originally parsed through the requirements in notepad ( the person copied the relevant information into notepad and then ran his VBA code on that). I decided not to use the way that he did this because he took the information from the notepad file put it into Excel (through VBA) and then manually imported it into one of the applications that we use here. I want to write directly to the application rather than doing all that intermediary stuff. So i tried running my code, it opens the word file but then bombs out on the following line:
Do While Not EOF(1)
What is the syntax to perform this using Word VBA, since this was originally done on a text file? The error that it gives me is: Run-time error '52': Bad filename or number.
Here is a blog of the code:
For k = 1 To 1
Do While Not EOF(1)
Line Input #1, textReq
If (InStr(textReq, "3") = "1") Then
If (name <> "") Then
'exDocument.Worksheets(k).Cells(i, 1).Value = name
'exDocument.Worksheets(k).Cells(i, 2).Value = description
'exDocument.Worksheets(k).Cells(i, 3).Value = Rationale
i = i + 1
End If
reqnum = Trim(Left(textReq, InStr(textReq, Chr(9)) - 1))
name = "IC - " & reqnum & " " & Trim(Right(textReq, Len(textReq) - InStr(textReq, Chr(9))))
Rationale = ""
description = ""
ElseIf (Left(textReq, InStr(textReq, ":")) = "Rationale:") Then
Rationale = Trim(Right(textReq, Len(textReq) - InStr(textReq, ":")))
'Else
'description = description & Trim(textReq)
Else
description = description & Trim(textReq)
If (Left(textReq, InStr(textReq, ".")) = "Table 3 " & tablenumber) Then
tablenumber = tablenumber + 1
End If
End If
Loop
Essentially all i want to do is search for a string of numbers (the requirement number) and the name is appended after that. Everything else until the next requirement number is either Rationale, description or a table. Currently the code shown was able to handle the Requirement number, rationale, and description and did not have any tables in it. The new document that i have received now has tables. What would be the easiest way to get those tables out of word and into our application. I was told to format the information using html or xml tags when a table is discovered in word and put it into our applicaiton that way. This way when the information is pulled back out of the application and into another word document it is already formatted and is readable, rather than being a continous text string which is what it looks like now when it is pulled out. I know that this is probably a bad description but i didn't want to go into all that much detail. If anyone can help me out on where to get information or some ideas i would really appreciate it.
thanks
Evan
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Here is the problem at hand. I have a procedure that opens a recently saved file and when executed places the contents of that file in the designated text boxes I have coded. But the thing is I am getting this error message during the process...
Quote: (Subscript Out of Range)
What does this mean?
Here is the code that I have so far... any help would be greatly appreciated.
Code: Private Sub mnuOpen_Click()
'Open a Previously saved file. Search values are suffixed with .txt
Dim r_strFileName As String
CommonDialog1.CancelError = True 'Set CancelError is true
On Error GoTo ErrHandler
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If Dir(r_strFileName) = "" Then
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Dim intFreeFile: intFreeFile = FreeFile()
Open r_strFileName For Binary As intFreeFile
Dim strData As String: strData = Space$(LOF(intFreeFile))
Get intFreeFile, , strData
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strData = Left$(strData, Len(strData) - 2)
'Format Data
Dim strText() As String: strText() = Split(strData, vbTab)
lblAI.Caption = strText(2)
txtDataString.Text = strText(3)
Linear.Text = strText(4)
'Exit
GoTo Tag900_Exit
'Error Trapping
Tag800_error:
MsgBox "File Read Error" & r_strFileName & vbCrLf & "(" + Err.Description + ")", vbCritical
Err.Clear
'Housecleaning
Tag900_Exit: ' Housecleaning
On Error GoTo 0
Close intFreeFile
ErrHandler:
Exit Sub
End Sub
James
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When I open Notepad from a program in Visual Basic, it always opens minimised. Any solution to this?
Code:
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Hello everybody,
Please forgive me if this is a simple program. I got into a little bit of VB programming about four years ago, and stopped for awhile and am just now getting back into it.
I am working on a educational program for a friend who is a highschool teacher. I am trying to figure out how I should go about saving and loading progress. I was thinking about using the output command and outputting data to a text file, where it would reconize the words as a certain progress point and value, etc. The biggest problem with that is that I don't know how to open a new text file, which I would like to do so it can open a new text file for each user. And I don't know how to make the file hidden and locked when the program is closed so students don't go in and manually change it. Can somebody please help with the coding?
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hello,
does any one know the code for opening a microsoft program such as Notepad with saved text in Notepad?
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Opening Notepad With VB6
hello,
does any one know the code for opening a microsoft program such as Notepad with saved text in Notepad?
DFLW
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Opening A Corresponding Notepad Documents Within MDI
Could someone please have a look at my project, and tell me why it is that the corresponding Notepad documents are not displaying when I run this program?
It's on the Equip form....don't worry about the Scope. On the selection of an EquipTagNo from the combo box, all the relevant fields fill....and if you choose to view the corresponding Notepad file associated with the selected EquipTagNo then you click the command button 'cmdMethod'. So far it's not working very well....I'm getting nothing coming up for those fields that contain a Notepad file...and for those that don't it just opens up windows explorer to the C drive.
Thanks to anyone who has a try at helping...
Opening Files (txt) In Shell (notepad)
Hi there,
Just putting the finishing touches to a program and I've written a readme file that I want the users to access by clicking on a menu within the program.
I've got it working fine but I'd like a message box or something to come up if the specified readme file is missing - maybe a CommonDialog box to browse to it?
The code I have at the moment i:
Code:
Private Sub mnu_readme_Click()
Dim help As Integer
'opens up readme file in notepad
help = Shell("Notepad.exe " & App.Path & "
eadme.txt", vbNormalFocus)
End Sub
If the readme file is not there or renamed then Notepad opens but then a Notepad msgbox comes up telling me it can't find the file I want, would I like to create a new file? Yes/No/Cancel
I mean ideally the readme file will always be there but best to cover all bases....
Is there a way to ONLY get it to open readme.txt before it launches Notepad and test to see if it's the correct file?
Anyways, hope there's a solution out there!
Many thanks,
Alex
Notepad Documents Opening From MDI Child
Okay....my problem is fairly simple. I just need someone who understands the code a little better to catch where I'm going wrong. I will post the code for the Equip form in which I know is where my mistake is.
First of all, I have a simple form in which you select from a combo box an EquipTagNo. Selecting and EquipTagNo fills all of it's relavent properties..ie, checkboxes, textboxes, images, etc. I also have a command button, which on the Click event of it will open up a Notepad document corresponding to the EquipTagNo currently selected. Right now it's working almost perfectly, except when I click the command button (inconveniently named 'cmdMethod') two blank Notepad documents open up (instead of the one corresponding to the selected EquipTagNo). If someone could read over the code and possibly point where I'm going wrong...as I've been staring at it for so long I doubt I'll ever figure it out.
Code:
Option Explicit
Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" ( _
ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, _
ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As String, _
ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long
Const SW_SHOWNORMAL = 1
Private mblnIsAdding As Boolean
Private mobjEquip As CEquip
Private Sub ClearControls()
Dim ctl As Control
For Each ctl In Controls
If TypeOf ctl Is TextBox Then
ctl.Text = ""
ElseIf TypeOf ctl Is CheckBox Then
ctl.Value = vbUnchecked
End If
Next
End Sub
Private Sub cboEquip_KeyPress(KeyAscii As Integer)
KeyAscii = 0
End Sub
'Private Sub cmdCancel_Click()
'Fill the controls using the object's properties
'Me.txtTag.Text = mobjEquip.Tag
'Me.txtScope.Text = mobjEquip.Scope
'Me.txtLift.Text = mobjEquip.LiftActions
'Me.txtDeficiencies = mobjEquip.Deficiencies
' Me.txtObstructions = mobjEquip.Obstructions
' Me.txtRecommendations = mobjEquip.Recommendations
'Me.txtWeight = mobjEquip.Weight
' Me.txtAssessment = mobjEquip.Assessment
' Me.chkMethod = Unchecked
' Me.chkOpen = 0
'End Sub
Private Sub cmdClose_Click()
Unload Me
End Sub
Private Sub cboEquip_Click()
mobjEquip.GetEquipDetails cboEquip.ItemData(cboEquip.ListIndex)
'Then fill the controls using the object's properties
Me.txtTag.Text = mobjEquip.EquipTagNo
Me.txtScope.Text = mobjEquip.Scope
Me.txtLift.Text = mobjEquip.LiftActions
Me.txtDeficiencies.Text = mobjEquip.Deficiencies
Me.txtObstructions.Text = mobjEquip.Obstructions
Me.txtRecommendations.Text = mobjEquip.Recommendations
Me.txtWeight.Text = mobjEquip.Weight
Me.txtAssessment.Text = mobjEquip.Assessment
Me.txtAction.Text = mobjEquip.Action
Me.txtPriority.Text = mobjEquip.Priority
Set Me.picPicture1.Picture = LoadPicture(mobjEquip.Picture1)
Set Me.picPicture2.Picture = LoadPicture(mobjEquip.Picture2)
Set Me.picPicture3.Picture = LoadPicture(mobjEquip.Picture3)
Set Me.picDrawing.Picture = LoadPicture(mobjEquip.Drawing)
'if then else to check for value of checked box
If mobjEquip.MethodComplete = True Then
chkMethod.Value = vbChecked
Else
chkMethod.Value = vbUnchecked
End If
Me.cmdMethod.Tag = mobjEquip.Method
End Sub
Private Sub cmdMethod_Click()
Dim strFilename As String
Dim lngResult As Long
strFilename = App.Path & " est.txt"
lngResult = ShellExecute(Me.hwnd, vbNullString, strFilename, vbNullString, App.Path & "", 1)
'With the API ShellExecute() function
ShellExecute Me.hwnd, vbNullString, "notepad", vbNullString, "C:", SW_SHOWNORMAL
'VB Native Shell() function
Shell "notepad", vbNormalFocus
End Sub
'Private Sub cmdSave_Click()
'On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
'txtTag.Clear
'Set the properties
'mobjEquip.Tag = Me.txtTag.Text
'mobjEquip.Scope = Me.txtScope.Text
'mobjEquip.Lift = Me.txtLift.Text
'mobjEquip.Deficiencies = Me.txtDeficiencies.Text
'mobjEquip.Obstructions = Me.c tructions.Text
'mobjEquip.Recommendations = Me.txtRecommendations.Text
'mobjEquip.Weight = Me.txtWeight.Text
'mobjEquip.Assessment = Me.txtAssessment.Text
'mobjEquip.MethodComplete = Me.chkMethod.?
'mobjEquip.Action = Me.chkOpen.?
'Based on the flag, set the PositionID to zero (adding) or to the
'PositionID (editing)
'Call the Save method of CEquip
'mobjEquip.Save
'cboEquip.Clear
'Form_Load 'refreshes everything
'Exit Sub 'if this wasn't there it would run the error handler every time.
Private Sub Form_Load()
'Declare a variable to hold the Equipment combo box array
Dim vntEquipList As Variant
Dim intcount As Integer
'Instantiate an instance of CEquip
Set mobjEquip = New CEquip
vntEquipList = mobjEquip.GetEquipList
'Loop through the array and fill the combo box
For intcount = LBound(vntEquipList, 2) To UBound(vntEquipList, 2)
cboEquip.AddItem vntEquipList(0, intcount)
cboEquip.ItemData(cboEquip.NewIndex) = vntEquipList(0, intcount)
Next intcount
'Set combo box to display first record in the list
cboEquip.ListIndex = 0
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer)
Set mobjEquip = Nothing
End Sub
Private Sub mobjEquip_Save(ByVal Action As String)
MsgBox "Save was " & Action & "."
End Sub
Thanks alot to anyone who attempts to help!
Code For Opening Notepad On Win 98 And Win 2000
Hi all
I have the following code that opens notepad and inserts some text into it
RetVal = Shell("C:WindowsNotePad.exe \SomeFolderfile.txt", 1)
that works fine in win98 but not in 2000.
The following works in 2000
RetVal = Shell("C:WINNTNotePad.exe \SomeFolderFile.txt", 1)
I thought that this would work for both win98 and win 2000
but it doesn't.
Any Ideas
RetVal = Shell("%SystemRoot%NotePad.exe \somefolderfile.txt", 1)
Opening/Running Notepad (Resolved!)
I have a txt file that I want to open in my vb program using Notepad.
The only problem is that I don't know how.
I don't want to copy the details in a rtf, I just want to run Notepad.
I have looked around for help and the only suggestion is that I "shell" Notepad.
What is shell - is this the only way?
I am tired and confused - Please help!!!
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
Edited by - thajaguare on 11/30/2004 6:07:11 AM
Opening A Notepad On A Pirticular Line From A Form...
VB gurus.... pls help me with this..
I 've a form with a command button on it.
When I click on this button it should open notepad with a pirticular file opened in it( assume some doc1.txt) and position the cursor to a line in the file, (linenumber specified at runtime ).
Pls lemme know , any pointers...
TIA
Gr8N
*RESOLVED* Using Text File As String Input For Opening Other Text Files
OK, I've been banging my head trying to get this one little piece to work (that I had working prior to a loss of power on Friday) but I cant remember the syntax I used to get it right.
What I'm doing is opening 1 text file and using it as the input in a loop to open and parse mutiple text files to a text box.
Heres the part that doesn't work;
Code:
Open "rbt.txt" For Input As 1
Do Until EOF(1)
Open " " & rbt.txt & ".txt" For Input As 2 'THIS IS THE PART THATS not working !
Line Input #2, slist
s = s & slist & vbCrLf
Upt_log_txt.Text = s
Loop
I know its a syntax (read as placement) issue but I cant get the right combo down.
HELP !
Opening A Text File And Inputing Into A Multiline Text Box
I have a text file that i want to insert into a multi-line text box but...
im using this code
VB Code:
open .filename For Input as #1Do While Not EOF(1) Input #1, OpenFileloop close #1 text14.text = OpenFile
and my multiline text box (text14) only seems to pick up the last line of the text file.
how do i get the whole thing to display in the text box?
Opening A Text File From Common Dialog With A Text Box.
Could someone tell me why I get
'Variable Required - cant assign to this expression'
when I try to use this code from a command button.
Private Sub Command1_Click()
With CommonDialog
.ShowOpen
.Filter = "Text File|*.txt|"
End With
Open CommonDialog.filename For Input As #1
Do Until EOF(1) = True
Get #1, , Text1
Loop
Close #1
End Sub
?????
Open Dialog To Open Text File With Notepad?
Hello,
Can someone please help me to open a text file with the Common Dialog control? I have seen your tutorial and it makes sense, but it uses a rtb control instead of opening the file with notepad as i would like.
HERE IS CURRENT CODE:
(Other properties were setup in properties pages)
Private Sub Command1_Click()
cdlOpenFile.Filter = "Text File (*.txt)|*.txt|All Files|*.*"
cdlOpenFile.ShowOpen
End Sub
THANKS!!!
Opening A Text File
Hi!
I am opening a *.txt file and it's in the Wordlists folder inside the folder where the project is, for example:
...MadlibsProjectWordlistsTEXTfile.txt
I tried to open it this way:
FilePath = "Wordlistsadjective.txt"
But VB says that it can't find it;
However this is working:
FilePath = "C:Documents and SettingsHYJDesktopMadLibsWordlistsadjective.txt"
Why can't VB find it?
Thanks in advance.
(!! Wow I couldn't even recognize this place! It's totally changed, and we even have new smilies!)
Opening A Text File
when saving a file if we put a blank line in, then when we open the file and read it i use a loop to read all the lines until the blank line then how would i read the rest of the lines after the blank line.
example.
john
steve
jackson
matt
james
drew
Opening Text File In Txt?
I have a file in C:Log.txt. I want to open it inside my program in a text box called Text1.txt. The code i have so far is
Code:
Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim fileFlags As FileOpenConstants
cd.DialogTitle = "Title"
cd.FileName = ""
cd.Filter = "Text files (*.txt) | *.txt"
cd.FilterIndex = 0
cd.Flags = fileFlags
cd.InitDir = "C:Log.txt"
cd.ShowOpen
If cd.FileName <> vbNullString And Dir(cd.FileName) <> vbNullString Then
'open your text file
End If
End Sub
Should it be on form load?
Opening Text File
I want to open a text file for viewing after the user has clicked on a help button. I know how to open the text file for reading and writing but not for viewing. Does anyone know how to open a text file for viewing?
Thanks,
Animaul
Opening Text File
Does this command create a new file or just open one already created?
Code:
Open App.Path & "/browns.txt" For Input As #1
Close #1
If not, how do you create a new file?
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