Text Files [ Resolved ]

I am new so no yelling please :)

ok here is what I want... please help

I want to have a text file that reads:

Background = Red
Text = Blue
Size = 5


now how do I access it from my application and get the "values"
by opening the file and reading line by line?

and lets say later I may want to change setting to something else?? like change the size option to 10?? how do i read the file get the value and then change it??

Please help

Thanks,

Anjari

the easy way is get some class that reads ini for u and do something like that with INI's...otherwise u'd must have to create ur own engine -_-;;;

u can use xml too, but the sintax will be a kind diferent

to read a file:

VB Code:

' at the top of the code
imports system.io
 
 
' in a sub or function
Dim sr As StreamReader = File.OpenText("filepath")
Dim aLine As string
aLine = sr.ReadLine()
 
 
' make sure you close the file! :)
sr.Close()

Mr. Polite could you go into detail for a newbie? :)

how do i pull each value?

Thanks,

Anjari

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Originally posted by Anjari
Mr. Polite could you go into detail for a newbie? :)

how do i pull each value?

Thanks,

Anjari

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well that;s just for reading the lines from the file:D here's how to read all the lines, one by one...
btw this is my way of reading the values from the lines, you can come up with any way you want ;)

VB Code:

' open the file .... you should add an error handler 
        Dim sr As StreamReader = File.OpenText("c:\test.txt")
        Dim aLine, value As String
        Dim delimPos As Integer ' Holds the position of the delimiter ("=") in the line 
 
 
        ' Read until the end of the file
        Do While sr.Peek() <> -1
            ' Read a line from the file
            aLine = sr.ReadLine()
            delimPos = aLine.IndexOf("=")
 
 
            If delimPos = -1 Then
                ' Error, no delimiter found!
                ' throw an error ...
            Else
                ' Get the value from the line
                value = aLine.Substring(delimPos + 1)
                ' Remove extra spaces
                value = value.Trim()
            End If
 
 
            ' Do whatever you want with the value right here
        Loop
 
        ' Close the file
        sr.Close()

hope this helps

Thanks again...

Anjari

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