DELETE SINGLE LINE IN TXT FILES

Does anyone know the how to DELETE a line of strings in a
txt file. And do you use the OUTPUT mode or APPEND mode.

Thanyou heaps!!!

don't have time to test this...off the top of
the block..give it a try..I'll check the q & a
when I get to work..gotta go...bye.

I would read this into a list box just for show
until you know it's doing what you want.

then you would open your file and load the array
back into it using output as that would
overwrite the original file.

'the results are what you want.

Option Explicit
Option Compare Text


Dim filesys, txtStream As Object


Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim myArr() As Variant
Dim i As Integer
Dim myInput, myVar as string

Set filesys = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set txtStream = filesys.openTextFile("C:\my documents\x.txt")

myInput = inputbox("Enter the line your are searching for."),"Search File For"

Do Until txtStream.atendofstream

myVar = txtStream.readline
myVar = Trim(myArr(i))
If myVar <> myInput
Then
i = i + 1
ReDim Preserve myArr(1 To i) As Variant
myArr(i) = myVar
End If

Loop
for i = 1 to i
list1.additem myArr(i)
next
'leave this commented out till you are happy it works..
'here you should have all lines except the one you don't want

'open "yourfilepath\yourfile.ext" for output as #1
'for i = 1 to i
'write #1, myArr(i)
'next
'Close #1

End Sub

To do that, you don't use APPEND. APPEND is for add line at the end of the file.
To delete a line in a file, you must to make a temporary where you copy all the lines, but not these you want to delete.
You kill the old file and you rename de temporary file with the good name.
It's hard but I don't kown another way to make it.

No, i don't know an easy way either.


Open the file for binary.
Read the file into a byte array using "Get"
Close the file

Convert the byte array to a string usign "StrConv()"
Delete the unwanted bit from the string.

Open the file for output, (this automatically deletes the content)
Write the string back to the file using Print #1, text

Open the file in binary
set lof spaces in a string and read it with get
close the file

a)
use instr to search for vbcrlf and cut of the unwanted line using mid
b) split it into array of strings, remove the unvanted string, join them

open in output to erase content
and the put it back into the file in binary

Thanks for helping me out, I've now got an idea for what I have to do now!

Delete lines in a textbox:

Code:

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Option Explicit

Private Declare Function GetTempPath Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetTempPathA" (ByVal
nBufferLength As Long, ByVal lpBuffer As String) As Long
Private Declare Function GetTempFileName Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetTempFileNameA"
(ByVal lpszPath As String, ByVal lpPrefixString As String, ByVal wUnique As
Long, ByVal lpTempFileName As String) As Long

Private Sub CmdDeleteLine_Click()
Const MAX_PATH = 260
Const NAME_LEN = MAX_PATH + 80

Dim inname As String
Dim strlen As Integer
Dim outpath As String
Dim outname As String
Dim infile As Integer
Dim outfile As Integer
Dim one_line As String
Dim target As String
Dim deleted As Integer

    On Error GoTo DeleteLineError

    ' Open the input file.
    inname = FileText.Text
    infile = FreeFile
    Open inname For Input As infile

    ' Open the output file.
    outpath = Space$(NAME_LEN)
    strlen = GetTempPath(NAME_LEN, outpath)
    If strlen = 0 Then
        MsgBox "Error getting temporary file path."
        Exit Sub
    Else
        outpath = Left$(outpath, strlen)
    End If

    outname = Space$(NAME_LEN)
    If GetTempFileName(outpath, "tmp", _
        0, outname) = 0 _
    Then
        MsgBox "Error getting temporary file name."
        Exit Sub
    End If
    strlen = InStr(outname, vbNullChar) - 1
    If strlen > 0 Then _
        outname = Left$(outname, strlen)
    outfile = FreeFile
    Open outname For Output As outfile

    MousePointer = vbHourglass
    DoEvents

    ' Copy the file skipping lines containing the
    ' target.
    deleted = 0
    target = TargetText.Text
    Do While Not EOF(infile)
        Line Input #infile, one_line
        If InStr(one_line, target) = 0 Then
            Print #outfile, one_line
        Else
            deleted = deleted + 1
        End If
    Loop

    ' Close the files.
    Close infile
    Close outfile

    ' Delete the original file.
    Kill inname

    ' Give the new file the old name.
    Name outname As inname
    MsgBox Format$(deleted) & " lines deleted."

DeleteLineError:
    MousePointer = vbDefault
    Exit Sub
End Sub

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