formatting a file using Print statement

[Jessie]

i have a Text file that i am saving and i need to change the way it is saved

eg name
lastname
address
phoneNumber
ect.....

I would like to know how to save it something
like this

Name lastName
address phonenumber
with spaces inserted between tha name and last name
I cannot find what i am looking for in the help section I don't want to save the form
just the info in the textboxes to file so i can print off the info at a later date in a invoice style formatt
regards Jessie

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[This message has been edited by Jessie (edited 12-04-1999).]

[leif-p]

Jessie:

Go like this:

Open "c:\directory\filename.out" for output as #1

Print #1, Name, lastName
Print #1, Adress, Phonenumber

Close #1

Good luck!

[Jessie]

thxs for your reply leif-p but i knew that already The part i wanted to know was how to
put spaces inbetween the firstname and last name is their any other way other than using
chr(9) I need to put this several times to
do the task that i want

[SmashingPumpkinsAddict]

Well if you are ever going to need to load the data into something again (and it sounds like you are...sounds like you are creating some sort of address book) then you are going to want to use the Write command, not the Print. Read up on it. It can make your life easier.

You were saying something about using Chr(9) for something...if you want to put tabs in between the entries then you can do something like this:

For counter= 1 to HowManyTabsYouWant
TabString=TabString & Chr(9)
Next counter

Then:

Print #1, FirstName, TabString, LastName

Any other questions? You can email me at SmashingPumpkinsAddict@yahoo.com.

-Adam

[Jessie]

thxs for your reply addict i ended up using the "tabs()" after all but did not need to use a index to do it because each file will be a seperate input

regards jessie :)