fancy file stuff

[progressive]

Any one know how to read a file as input and how to store the contents of the file.

does each line get stored as a string in an array of strings??

[007shahid]

If you want to open a text only file use...

   Dim Str as String
   Open "C:\myfile.txt" for input as #1 'myfile.txt=the text file
   'To get all the text into a string
   Input #1, Str
   'To get by charectors into a string
   Str=Input(NumberOfChars, #1)

#1=file number... hence it can go on as #2, #3, #4 etc, depending on the number of files you are opening

To open in binary mode use... (Required for exe,dll,com etc files)

   Dim Str as String
   Open "C:\myfile.txt" for binary as #1 'myfile.txt=the text file
   Str=Space(FileLen("C:\myfile.txt"))
   Get #1,,Str

[progressive]

cheers, I'll give it a whirl!

[alex_read]

http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...open+and+input

No, it gets stored in a single string variable in the examples on the above page. If you wanted this into an array of strings, you could use something like :

Split(strFileStringVariable, Chr(13))

The split function splits a string into an array of strings, the new array elements are created whenever a new line (chr(13)) is found within that string variable.

[progressive]

cheers, Alex!

do you know anything about obtaining modem properties with VB!

[alex_read]

A lot of the Com port & modem talking / checking etc is either done with the winsock control (which I've never used before myself). Or the API.

If you go to www.allapi.com and download the toolshed, you can do a search from the file menu for all API calls which have something to do with modems. Samples for each API call are included (fantastic program).