geting varibles from an external file

[Aaron Young]

Use the VB File Functions, Open.. For.. As.., eg.

Dim iFile As Integer
iFile = FreeFile
Open "C:\TheFile.txt" For Input As iFile
Input #iFile, sWebURL
Close iFile
Msgbox "The URL is " & sWebURL

If the file contains more than one bit of information, you would continue to use the Input# function until EOF(iFile) is True indicating the End of the File has been Reached.

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Aaron Young
Analyst Programmer
aarony@redwingsoftware.com
adyoung@win.bright.net


[This message has been edited by Aaron Young (edited 12-13-1999).]

[andywallace]

Thanks this worked great. However how do i code the path to the file so it will be relative to my exe file?

[Aaron Young]

The App.Path Property will contain the Directory Path from which your Application was launched.

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Aaron Young
Analyst Programmer
aarony@redwingsoftware.com
adyoung@win.bright.net

[andywallace]

Hi all
i need to read a file which will contain some varibles e.g a web address. How do i open the file read in the web address and put this address into a varible? The file it will open is a plain text file only containing on line which id the web address.

Andy@webfx3.freeserve.co.uk