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Writing To A TexT File From A Text Box In Visual Basic
i have been looking at how to write text entered in a text box in VB to a text file outside of visual basic, i've searched and had a look in a few bookes etc

the syntax is simple, and easy to understand, this works and prints line after line in the txt file

Open ("C:Documents and SettingsMy Documentsschool.txt") For Output As #1
Print #1, ""
Print #1, ""

but i want the info that is saved into the text file from a text box inside visual basic itself, e.g.
Open ("C:Documents and SettingsMy Documentsschool.txt") For Output As #1
Print #1, Text1.Text

but the problem with it is that each time a new number is entered into thr text box. it over writes the txt in the text file itself, what im after is something where each time text is entered into the text box it is saved into the text file,and it keeps entering text into the text file, so it makes a list of entered text, line after line, not just replacing the text before it, i know how to do this from reading a text file and inputting the info into VB itelf, just doin a if and end statment, untill EOF, but cant get it to do the same as output:/

any ideas?

Reading From A Text File And Then Writing Into Another Text File
from a text file i received.. i found that there r spaces after the last line in the file.. in fact there r a lot of extra blank spaces after the last line.. how do i remove them? Sorry i do mean that i need to use Visual basic to remove them.. and not manually using mouse to do it

Writing To A Text File
How do i get VB to write/get text from a text file?

Writing To Text File
hi

i'm trying to write some values to text file in a specified location on the text and these values are being picked from the database

for eg: The text file is as follows:
----------------------------------------------------------------------
dear <<name>>

you registration expired on <<date>>

----------------------------------------------------------------------
in this file, i've to put a name and a date which is being picked up from my database on certain set of conditions

pls advice, kind of urgent

tks - Hitesh

Writing To A Text File From Db
I am trying to write to a text file from two different tables in a
databse. The outcome that I would like to do is:

Instrument: "info from table1"
Position: "info from table 2"

And this will keep repeating till there is no more data.
Is there a way to print then skip two lines.
Then come back and print after the lines that have data.

Writing To A Text File
I am looking to write to a simple text file. I am using the simple open for output statement but in the acutal text file I do not want the quotes around each line that the program writes. I am sure there is a way to get rid of these quotes just not sure how. If someone could help me out it would be great. thanks

Writing To A Text File.
Hi
What is the best way for me to write to a text file. The file will be open at this point. I want to write a string into the text file that overwites everything currently in the file.

Thanks

Paul

Writing Text To A File...
I am writing text to a file as...

Write #1, strdata

When I read the file, the data string has "quotation marks" and I would like it to be written without quotation marks. Or I would like to remove the quotation marks somehow.

Any simple ideas out there.

Thanks in advance
Chris
Western Australia

Writing To A Text Box From .txt File
I'm pretty new to this game and would appreciate any help. Below is a cut down version of part of a program that I'm stuck on. The writing to a file (cmdAdd) works fine, but I really don't know what to do next to write from the .txt file back to the text boxes. I have sort of started (cmdPopulate) but I can't get anything to display. I want to start with the first record and then read the file sequentially with another button.

Option Explicit

Private Type RequestDetails

ID As Integer
Name As String * 20
Telephone As String * 15

End Type

Private Sub cmdAdd_Click()

Dim filenum As Integer
Dim recLength As Long
Dim udtRequest As RequestDetails
recLength = LenB(udtRequest)
filenum = FreeFile()

Open "a:logger.txt" For Append As #filenum Len = recLength

udtRequest.ID = txtID.Text
udtRequest.Name = txtName.Text
udtRequest.Telephone = txtTelephone.Text

Write #filenum, udtRequest.ID, udtRequest.Name, udtRequest.Telephone
Close filenum

End Sub

Private Sub cmdPopulate_Click()

Dim filenum As Integer
Dim recLength As Long
Dim udtRequest As RequestDetails
recLength = LenB(udtRequest)
filenum = FreeFile()

Open "a:logger.txt" For Input As #filenum Len = recLength

txtID.Text = udtRequest.TheDate
txtName.Text = udtRequest.Name
txtTelephone.Text = udtRequest.Telephone

End Sub

Writing To A Text File
How do u write to a text file. I know how to read from a text file but not how to write to one. Any help would be greatly appreciated

Writing To A Text File
I am taking information from excel and writing it to a text file and then reading the text file and placing the text into a outlook email message. How do I place text in a text file so that data from columns in the excel sheet are spaced to form neat columns in the text file and I am hoping in the outlook email body as well when read in from the text file. Please help.

Writing To A Text File
I'm trying to write to a text file and it doesn't seem to be working. Here is my code:

open "C:error.txt" For Output As #24
print #24 "Something to write"
close #24

This seems pretty straight forward but it doesnt seem to work. Any ideas?

Writing To Text File
Whenever i try to write the contents of a textbox to a file it gives me a bad record length error. i tried defining the length of the text box when i said Open, but that still didnt' work. heres the code :

CommonDialog1.ShowSave
If CommonDialog1.FileName = "" Then
Text8.Text = "You must supply a filename"
End if
For i = 1 To List3.ListCount
If Text15.Text <> "" Then
Text15.Text = Text15.Text & vbCrLf & List3.List(i)
Else
Text15.Text = List3.List(i)
End If
Next i
newvar = Text15.Text
Open CommonDialog1.FileName For Random As #4 Len = Len(newvar)

Put #4, , newvar
Close #4
Text9.Text = "Done writing to file"

it doesn't matter what i put in or how i arrange it, it just won't write to file unless i type "put #4,,"the data"

Writing To Text File
I need to write information to a text file but it has to be in a certain format.

I know how to open a file and write data down in long column but what i need if a table tha has 5 columns with about 15 rows per column. I want it to appear as a table like this,(I am using code tags to give the feel of what I am trying to do, this is not by bad programming ability)

Code:
1 2 3 4
Car yes no no yes
dog no yes no yes
house no yes no yes
Is this possibe?

If it is, how?

Thanks for any information that can be given for this problem

Writing A Text File
Hi all, is there a way to write all of the files within a directory onto a text file using vb code? please help

ss

Writing Text To A .csv File
Ok, .csv (excel) files are really cool in that you can take any text file and rename is .csv and it will take everything in quotes and everything with a comma after it and put it into cells.

So here's what I'm doing. With VB, I'm taking a .tmp file, stripping a bunch of useless information out of it, and saving it as a .csv file. But it saves it with quotes that encapsulate the entire text, so all of it goes into just one cell. Here's the code:

strNum2 = Len(txtFileName.Text) - 4
fSave = Left(txtFileName.Text, strNum2)
fSave = txtPath.Text + "/" + fSave + ".csv"
Open fSave For Output As #1
Write #1, txtDisplay.Text

I need it to save it verbatim, without adding quotes but can't seem to get it to work... I even tried the rtf.SaveFile thing but it didn't work either. did the same thing.

Any ideas?
Thanks in advance..

Writing A File In A Text Box
HELP
hiya
i need help for an assignment which is due this week.
I am trying to write information in a text box which i can the save out to a data file.

Any help will be greatfull
Thanks
Carpark69
(Jill)

Writing Hex Into A Text File
hi, I'm trying to figure out how you would write hex chars into a text file, how to sort em out and stuff

I mean I know you use something like:

Open File For Output As #1
Print #1, "Blah blah"
Print #1, "Blah blah some more"
Close #1

but how would I enter a hex number of 12 or something?

thanks!!

Windows Error 015: Unable to exit Windows. Try the door.

Writing To A Text File In VB
Hi...

I am reading text from a file and manipulating it..I want to write the modified data to another file ...Looks like We can not open 2 files at the same time...Can you please help me on how to write the data to a file...For reading, I am using Open fileaname for input....and reading each line intoa n array and modifing it...I want to write that array data into a file...pls help me...

thanks...

Writing To A Text File
I tried using this bit of code

Code:
If InStr(sCurPath2, Form1.Text1.Text & "") Then
Var = Replace(sCurPath2, Form1.Text1.Text & "", "")
End If
Debug.Print Var & sName
FileName1 = "C:Documents and SettingsCyleDesktop ext.txt"
i = FreeFile
Open FileName1 For Output As #i
Print #i, Var & sName
Close #i

The actual program (Var & sName) returns

Quote:

1st_read.bin
Copy of New Folder1st_read.bin
Copy of New FolderReadme
Copy of New FolderReadme.txt
New Folder1st_read.bin
New FolderCopy of New Folder1st_read.bin
New FolderCopy of New FolderReadme
New FolderCopy of New FolderReadme.txt
New FolderReadme
New FolderReadme.txt
Readme.txt

My text file includes this:

Quote:

Readme.txt

What am I doing wrong?

Writing Text To A File
i have a text file i have created , which stores if a database macro has been successfull run in a log file.
I am able to write text as :

Open "C:Program FilesLTSPPLlog.txt" For Output As #1 ' Open file for output.

Write #1, "Database successfully Run and exported"; (Now);
Write #1, ' Write blank line.
Close #1 ' Close file.

But it overwrites what is in the file so theres just one line of text. How can i add text to whatever is in the file, as this is a logging file.
append maybe?

Writing To A Text File
Hi,

I have the code below writing the text in textbox7 to a text file. But i also want it to write textbox8 to the same file.
How do i do this

Code:
Private Sub Button5_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button5.Click
Using writer As New System.IO.StreamWriter("C: est.txt")
For Each line As String In Me.TextBox7.Lines
writer.WriteLine(line)
Next

End Using
End Sub

Writing To A Text File.
In one of my applications, I write to a text file, that is occasionally used by another program as well. Everything works fine, so long as the other program is not using the file. However, if the other program happens to be using that file while my application tries to write to it, my program gets killed, and throws an error, like 'Permission denied'.

I was wondering, is there a way to bypass this, so that my application doesnt get killed. Instead, is there a way for it to 'wait' till the file is not being used, so that it can resume writing to it? Hope im making sense here.

Writing Text File
i'm stuck on this, maybe someone could offer some insight. I am creating a text file like this. it works just as it should.

Code:
Write #1, CStr(SeqNumber); rs3![ENDORSEMENT]; Addressee; rs3![Address]; rs3![CSZ]; ""; ""; ""; ""; rs3![Barcode]

my problem is i have a combo box that the user can enter in text. i want to loop through the number of list items entered in the combo box (which i have saved in an array) and add them to the beginning of the text line above.

Writing To A Text File
Ok so I have this code setup to write to a text file what I have in a text box:

Private Sub Command4_Click()
Dim intFileHandle As Integer
Dim strRETP As String
strRETP = "'" & Text1.Text
intFileHandle = FreeFile
Open App.Path & "DATSettingsPutServermsg.txt" For Output As #intFileHandle
Print #intFileHandle, strRETP
Close #intFileHandle

End Sub

And it works, the only problem I have though. Is that it adds a blank line after the text. And it's for a game broadcast system, so adding a blank line makes the broadcast looks kind of messy. Anybody know how to stop it from adding that extra line? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Writing Text File
AOA,
i have a problem in appending a txt file.
i want to write the data of TextBox in a txt file, each time in the same file.

Writing To Text File
when i write to a text file, how can i make the line go right at the top of the file?

Writing To A Text File
Hi,
I used the following codes to create and store some data...
but everytime I add another data I see that the first data has gone
How can I store as many data as I want to a text file....and save it
Thanks

VB Code:
Private Sub create_Click() Dim intMsg As String Dim StudentName As String Open "c:My Documentssample.txt" For Output As #1 intMsg = MsgBox("File sample.txt opened") StudentName = InputBox("Enter the student Name") Print #1, StudentName intMsg = MsgBox("Writing a" & StudentName & " to sample.txt ") Close #1 intMsg = MsgBox("File sample.txt closed") End Sub

Writing To A Text File
If I have two arrays

How can I write them into a text file so that it is saved as
arrME(0) * " - " * arrYOU(0)
arrME(1) * " - " * arrYOU(1)
arrME(2) * " - " * arrYOU(2)
All the way until it reaches the last array.

Much Thanks ~Bryan

Writing To Text File
Hello,

I already know how to add text to a file like below. But I have multiple events in my program that need to write to the same text file. And if the file is already open being used by one routine, it will crash if another tries at the same time. How can I make them take turns? I don't want to leave the file open the whole time either. Thanks!

Code:

F = FreeFile
F1 = "c: ext.txt"
Open F1 For Append As #F
Print #F, "Hello there!"
Close #F

Writing To A Text File
I am trying to write to a text file but I am getting " appended at the beginning and the end of the line.

I am writing a string of numbers that I want to retrieve as numbers. Here is an example of the file

Cool HS,1920,1,2
Bad One, 2000,5,4

Additionally how do I insert a double quote into a string.

Thanks in advance

JohnMess

Writing To A Text File
I am requesting help on writing to a text file in Visual Basic 6. the file name will be "broze.cfg" and I want to write multiple lines into it on the click of a button called "cmd1" I need broze.cfg to:

input this

"hello"
"olleh"
"lleho"

i then need to save this file to another location like:

C:Marktfileroze.cfg

can anyone please help me on this?

Writing To A New Text File
Hi All

Please can someone help me , i have written a program thats reads from a textfile and displays it in a richtextbox , i have a command button on the form that filters the contents of the richtext box and retrieves the values that i need . My problem is now that i have the values i want to be able to write the values to a new text file in a comma delimited format.

here is my code that filters through the richtextbox:

<code>
Private Sub cmdCreateDB_Click()
Dim DataStuff$()
Dim j As Integer
Dim Contact_Name As String
Dim EMail As String
DataStuff() = Split(RichTextBox1.Text, vbCrLf)

For j = 0 To UBound(DataStuff())
If InStr(1, DataStuff(j), "Contact_Name:") Then
Contact_Name = Mid(DataStuff(j), 15)
Debug.Print Contact_Name
Input #j, Contact_Name
End If
If InStr(1, DataStuff(j), "EMail:") Then
EMail = Mid(DataStuff(j), 15)
Debug.Print EMail
End If
Next

End Sub
</code>

This is what this code shows up:

jujuz@web.de
Dr MV Matseba
matseba@ispmail.co.za
satnik
satnik9@hotmail.com
V N Mathe
vn.mathe@mweb.co.za

so what i need to do is write this to a new textfile in a format of :

jujuz@web.de,Dr MV Matseba
matseba@ispmail.co.za,satnik

etc.

Can this be done.

Thanks

Writing To A Text File
Hi Guys,
Could anyone tell me how to insert texts in a text file at a particular line (say after the 10th line etc..)? I opend the file using open .. for apend method. But I don't know how to write my text at that record line.
Please help
Thx

Writing To A Text File
I need to write the contents of my recordset to a text file at the click of a button. I have everything ready but I don't know how to approach this as I am new to VB. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Jeremy

Writing To A Text File
I have a string which is stored in a buffer.

e.g.

dim StrMessage as String

StrMessage = "Some message will go here"

How can l write the StrMessage into a text file, e.g. Notepad, and if l wanted to, how can l read from the text file into a string.

Many thanks in advance

Writing In A Text File
Hi all,

I have an excel file and I need to write each line of this file in a text file.

I read the first line and I write it in my text file, like this:

Open c: est.txt for output as #1
print #1, myline

How can I write the second line of the excel file in the second line of my text file?

Thanks in advance.

Writing In A Text File
Huh???? no question again.... wondering what to answer now..

Writeline might help...

Writing Text To An .ini File
VB Code:
Private Declare Function GetPrivateProfileString Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetPrivateProfileStringA" (ByVal lpApplicationName As String, ByVal lpKeyName As Any, ByVal lpDefault As String, ByVal lpReturnedString As String, ByVal nSize As Long, ByVal lpFileName As String) As LongPrivate Declare Function WritePrivateProfileString Lib "kernel32" Alias "WritePrivateProfileStringA" (ByVal lpApplicationName As String, ByVal lpKeyName As Any, ByVal lpString As Any, ByVal lpFileName As String) As LongPrivate Sub Form_Load() 'KPD-Team 1999 'URL: [url]http://www.allapi.net/[/url] 'E-Mail: [email]KPDTeam@Allapi.net[/email] Dim Ret As String, NC As Long 'Write the setting to the file (c: est.ini) under ' Project1 -> Keyname WritePrivateProfileString App.Title, "KeyName", "This is the value", "c: est.ini" 'Create a buffer Ret = String(255, 0) 'Retrieve the string NC = GetPrivateProfileString(App.Title, "KeyName", "Default", Ret, 255, "C: est.ini") 'NC is the number of characters copied to the buffer If NC <> 0 Then Ret = Left$(Ret, NC) 'Show our string MsgBox Ret 'Delete the file Kill "c: est.ini"End Sub

Writing Text File
can someone teach me the best way to write text files ?

how do i start writing on a new line for different strings of text ?

please share some code.....

Writing Text File
Hi. I want to have VB write to a text file. Here's what I want it to do:

Insert a new line at the beginning of the file and add the data there (instead of the end) and not have more than 20 lines in the text file. For example, if it writes data to the text file and there are 20 lines, it will delete the last line to keep it at 20 lines or less. thanx

Writing From MS-Dos To A Text File
I execute "Net File" from my NT 4 machine in a MS-Dos window. It returns a list of ID, Machine Name, and the Number of Files open. I need to get this list from the Ms-Dos window and dump it into a text file or an array some how. after doing this, i will run a command "Net File 'ID#' /Close
This will disconnect the machine, using the ID number, from the network share.

Writing To Text File?
Hello. I am curious about how to make my program write to a text file, in this case let's say the file is " test.txt " Let's also say that "test.txt" already has some information written on it, how would I make the program skip through what is already written and write more data below it?
For example, if it already has this data on it:
Account: Testing1
Account2: Testing2
Account3: Testing3

Thank you, help is greatly appreciated.

Writing To Text File
i'm pretty new to vb. i dont' really want to get all into database programming just yet, i just want to be able to write to a text file through a textbox, and draw words from text files into the textbox. can anyone tell me the command to do that? thanks much

Writing To A Text File
I was wondering if there is a way to write to a text file that would use a tab as the separator instead of a comma. Or a way to write it to a text file as fixed width. Or if there is a way to write to an excel file and have the items separates by the columns.

Thanks,

Writing To A Text File
I am taking input from a two text boxes and wanting to place them in an exisiting text file. The code I am using is as follows:

*********************************************************
Private Sub AddTypeofDoc()
Dim txtfile As String
Dim strtype As String
Dim strabbrev As String
Dim strboth As String

strtype = Trim(txtName.Text)
strabbrev = Trim(txtAbbrev.Text)
strboth = Chr(13) & strabbrev & " " & "-" & " " & strtype

Open "G:digisenddigiabbrevs.txt" For Append As #1
Write #1, strboth
Close #1
End Sub
***********************************************************

This does the function but it places quotes around it and a |. Is there a way to get rid of these, I have tried to use the replace function, strboth = replace(strboth, """, "") but that crashes. I am sure that there is a simple way to do this but I am not getting it.