Loading an array from file into variable??

I'm a newbie.

I can load a text file into a listbox no problem, but how do I load a list of names into a variable? I don't think I know enought to even ask the question right.

Any examples of loading arrays from a file?

Well, well. A fellow Newbie. Hello!

I have a project I did for a college VB.Net class I'm taking. It reads from, saves to, and deletes lines from a text file. It uses an array to store all the data, and all that good stuff. :D

However, it's too big to attach(336kb). Do you have somewhere I could send it?

The only thing is, you'll have to Unzip it into your C:\ drive for the all file stuff to work right.

Ah nevermind, I'll just post the relevant code.

VB Code:

Option Explicit On 
Option Strict On
Imports System.Convert
'''''
'Create the structure for the record
Public Structure sEventRec
    Public EventName As String
    Public EventDate As Date
    Public EventPrice As Double
    Public EventDesc As String
End Structure
Public Class frmDisplay
    Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
    '''''
    'Not really sure about this one...
    Private EventRec() As sEventRec
 
 
    Private Sub btnOpen_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnOpen.Click
 
        '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
        '' First check to make sure the Combo Box is empty
        '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
        If cboEvents.Items.Count = Nothing Then
            '''''
            'Create the streamreader, delimiter, lines, and fields
            Dim psrdDisplay As System.IO.StreamReader
            Dim pchrDelimiter() As Char = {ToChar(",")}
            Dim pstrline As String
            Dim pstrFields() As String
            Dim pintcount As Integer
            '''''
            'Use a preset fielname and read the line
            psrdDisplay = New System.IO.StreamReader("C:\Project\File.txt")
            pstrline = psrdDisplay.ReadLine()
            '''''
            'Stope reading when we hit a blank line
            Do Until pstrline = Nothing
                '''''
                'Otherwise spilt the line into fields
                ReDim Preserve EventRec(pintcount)
                pstrFields = pstrline.Split(pchrDelimiter)
                EventRec(pintcount).EventName = (pstrFields(0).ToString)
                cboEvents.Items.Add(EventRec(pintcount).EventName)
                EventRec(pintcount).EventDate = ToDateTime(pstrFields(1))
                EventRec(pintcount).EventPrice = ToDouble(pstrFields(2))
                EventRec(pintcount).EventDesc = (pstrFields(3).ToString)
                '''''
                'Increase the counter and read the next line
                pintcount += 1
                pstrline = psrdDisplay.ReadLine()
            Loop
            '''''
            'Display a message bos when file is done opening and close
            'the streamreader
            MsgBox("Done Opening File", MsgBoxStyle.OKOnly, "Event Tracker")
            psrdDisplay.Close()
        Else
            '''''
            'If the Combo Box is populated, don't re-open the file
            MsgBox("The File is already open", MsgBoxStyle.OKOnly, "Event Tracker Help")
        End If
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub cboEvents_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cboEvents.SelectedIndexChanged
 
        ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
        '' When a selection is made, find that record and display
        '' all the info about it
        ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
        Dim pintcount As Integer
        Dim pstrRec As sEventRec
        '''''
        'First clear all labels
        lblName.Text = ""
        lblDate.Text = ""
        lblDescription.Text = ""
        lblPrice.Text = ""
        For pintcount = 0 To EventRec.GetUpperBound(0)
            '''''
            'Look for a match in the array
            If cboEvents.Text = EventRec(pintcount).EventName Then
                '''''
                'When match is found display cooresponding info
                pstrRec = EventRec(pintcount)
                lblName.Text = pstrRec.EventName
                lblDate.Text = (pstrRec.EventDate).ToShortDateString
                lblPrice.Text = FormatCurrency(pstrRec.EventPrice)
                lblDescription.Text = pstrRec.EventDesc
            End If
        Next
    End Sub

Hope this helps!