Saving List count and retrieving?

Hi i have the following code...

For X = 0 To lstretri.ListCount - 1
lstretri.ListIndex = X
txtCluburl.Text = lstretri.List(X)
lblcurrent.Caption = "Current: " & lstretri.ListIndex

I want to put a piece of coding the the Form_Unload() to save the current Listbox Index to "hold.yem" if the program is accidently closed. Also I would like for the For statement to retrieve the number value of the Listbox Index that was save and plug it into the coding and continue from where it left off.

Try something like this

VB Code:

Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer)
SaveSetting "MyApp", "FormName", "ListBoxName", List1.ListIndex
End Sub
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim LIndex As String
LIndex = GetSetting("MyApp", "FormName", "ListBoxName")
     If LIndex <> "" Then
        List1.ListIndex = CInt(LIndex)
     End If
End Sub

he might wanna know where the info is saved ?? :p

can someone show me how to do the saving and loading using the text file "hold.yem"

here is an example if you want to use an INI file

VB Code:

'module code
 
Option Explicit
 
    Public Declare Function WritePrivateProfileString Lib "kernel32" Alias _
        "WritePrivateProfileStringA" (ByVal lpApplicationName As String, ByVal _
        lpKeyName As Any, ByVal lpString As Any, ByVal lpFileName As String) As Long
    
    Public 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 Long
 
 
    Public Sub WriteToINI(Section As String, Key As String, KeyValue As String, _
        Directory As String)
    
    Call WritePrivateProfileString(Section$, UCase$(Key$), KeyValue$, Directory$)
    
    End Sub
    
    Public Function GetFromINI(Section As String, Key As String, Directory As String) As String
       Dim strBuffer As String
       
       strBuffer = String(750, Chr(0))
       
       Key$ = LCase$(Key$)
       
       GetFromINI$ = Left(strBuffer, GetPrivateProfileString(Section$, ByVal _
            Key$, "", strBuffer, Len(strBuffer), Directory$))
    
    End Function

use it like this

VB Code:

'form code
Option Explicit
Dim intListBoxCount As Integer
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
    If Not Dir$((App.Path & "\hold.yem")) = "" Then intListBoxCount = Int(GetFromINI("Saved Values", "ListBox_Count", (App.Path & "\hold.yem")))
    MsgBox Str(intListBoxCount)
End Sub
 
Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer)
    Call WriteToINI("Saved Values", "ListBox_Count", Str(lstretri.ListCount), (App.Path & "\hold.yem"))
End Sub

Let me know if this is what you were looking for.

Code:

---

Option Explicit
Dim intListBoxCount As Integer

Private Sub Form_Load()
    If Not Dir$((App.Path & "\hold.yem")) = "" Then intListBoxCount = Int(GetFromINI("Saved Values", "ListBox_Count", (App.Path & "\hold.yem")))
    MsgBox Str(intListBoxCount)
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer)
    Call WriteToINI("Saved Values", "ListBox_Count", Str(lstretri.ListCount), (App.Path & "\hold.yem"))
End Sub

---

Orginal loop from beginning
For X = 0 To lstretri.ListCount - 1
lstretri.ListIndex = X
txtCluburl.Text = lstretri.List(X)
lblcurrent.Caption = "Current: " & lstretri.ListIndex


how would i make the above For Loop statement start with the item number that "intListBoxCount" holds

VB Code:

assuming you've loaded it from the ini file
Orginal loop from beginning 
For X = [u]intListCount[/u] To lstretri.ListCount - 1 
lstretri.ListIndex = X 
txtCluburl.Text = lstretri.List(X) 
lblcurrent.Caption = "Current: " & lstretri.ListIndex

Sorry I didn't read you first post correctly

VB Code:

Private Sub Form_Load()
    If Not Dir$((App.Path & "\hold.yem")) = "" Then intListBoxCount = Int(GetFromINI("Saved Values", "ListBox_Count", (App.Path & "\hold.yem")))
    For X = intListBoxCount To lstretri.ListCount - 1
    
    Next X
End Sub
 
Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer)
    Call WriteToINI("Saved Values", "ListBox_Count", Str(lstretri.ListIndex), (App.Path & "\hold.yem"))
End Sub

Code:

---

  If Not Dir$((App.Path & "\" + strName)) = "" Then
  intListBoxCount = Int(GetFromINI("Saved Values", "ListBox_Count", (App.Path & "\" + strName)))
  For x = intListBoxCount To lstretri.ListCount - 1
  Else <-- ******************ERROR HERE!
  For x = 0 To lstretri.ListCount - 1
  End If
 
  lstretri.ListIndex = x
  txtCluburl.Text = lstretri.List(x)
  lblcurrent.Caption = "Current: " & lstretri.ListIndex

---

why do i keep getting a Else without IF error.

VB Code:

If Not Dir$((App.Path & "\" + strName)) = "" Then
    intListBoxCount = Int(GetFromINI("Saved Values", "ListBox_Count", (App.Path & "\" + strName)))
    For x = intListBoxCount To lstretri.ListCount - 1
       ' your code here
    Next x 'you next to add next x
  Else
    For x = 0 To lstretri.ListCount - 1
       ' your code here
    Next x 'you next to add next x
  End If
  
  lstretri.ListIndex = x
  txtCluburl.Text = lstretri.List(x)
  lblcurrent.Caption = "Current: " & lstretri.ListIndex

better yet write it like this

VB Code:

If Not Dir$((App.Path & "\" + strName)) = "" Then
        intListBoxCount = Int(GetFromINI("Saved Values", "ListBox_Count", (App.Path & "\" + strName)))
    Else
        intListBoxCount = 0
    End If
      
      
    For x = intListBoxCount To lstretri.ListCount - 1
        lstretri.ListIndex = x
        txtCluburl.Text = lstretri.List(x)
        lblcurrent.Caption = "Current: " & lstretri.ListIndex
    Next x 'you next to add next x