Retrieving Info From An Online File
Ello peoples
I'm a student who is doing a major project and i was just wondering if there is anyway i can retrieve information from a text file that is stored online (at geocities or sumfing).
(i am using VB6)
Thanks
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I have a text file named history.dat .
It contains the history of various coin-op arcade games, for use with a window frontend. The idea is to see the history for a selected game.
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I don't want to view the $info, $bio, $end or #gamename tags in my selected text.
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VB Code:
Private Sub ViewHistory() Dim strText As String Dim TextStart As Double Dim TextEnd As Double Open App.Path & "history.dat" For Input As #1 strText = Input(LOF(1), #1) Close #1 ' doesn't find clones at the moment TextStart = InStr(1, strText, "$info=" & frmMain.lvListView.SelectedItem.SubItems(1), vbTextCompare) TextEnd = InStr(TextStart, strText, "$end", vbTextCompare) strText = Mid(strText, TextStart, TextEnd - TextStart) TextStart = InStr(1, strText, "$bio", vbTextCompare) strText = Mid(strText, TextStart + 4) ' + 4 to skip $bio Text1.Text = strText End Sub
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http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/859/targetyb0.png
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Code:
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Hi,
I have no idea if this can be done...
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