open txt files hm

[nzer]

Hi,

i want to open a txt file (could be quite large) and read all the txt from it so i can use my program to email it.. I have the emailing side sorted.. just need to work out how to open my file and send it as txt

Thanks!

[plenderj]

Here's a quick way of getting the entire file into a variable.

Option Explicit
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
    Dim fileContents As String
    Open "c:\autoexec.bat" For Binary As #1
        fileContents = Input(LOF(1), 1)
    Close #1
    MsgBox fileContents
End Sub

[Hack]

Instead of opening and reading the file, if you want to EMail the contents, wouldn't it be simpler to just programmatically attach the file to an EMail message?

[nzer]

i don't know how to do that with the code i have.. this is easier :-)