opening doc into a richtext box , with commondialog

im using commondialog, i want to open a .doc, or .txt, whatever.. and load it into a richtext box. but i always get errors.. anyone know how.. thanks
later

Try this:

Code:

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Private Sub Command1_Click()
    Dim iFile As Integer
    On Error GoTo User_Cancelled
    With CommonDialog1
    .CancelError = True
    .DialogTitle = "Select a Text File.."
    .Filter = "Txt Files (*.txt)|*.txt|Doc Files (*.doc)|*.doc"
    .ShowOpen
    iFile = FreeFile
    Open .filename For Input As iFile
    RichTextBox1.text = Input(LOF(iFile), iFile)
    Close iFile
    End With
User_Cancelled:
End Sub

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That will only work with TXT files.
For opening TXT and RTF, you can use the LoadFile method.
I think it's:

Code:

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' Text files:
RichTextBox1.LoadFile("C:\MyFile.txt", vbCFText)
' RichText files:
RichTextBox1.LoadFile("C:\MyFile.rtf", vbCFRTF)

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If it's not LoadFile then it's FileLoad or OpenFile or FileOpen or maybe I'm just tired... :rolleyes:

yea.. i finally seen that loadfile. im a retard..
thanks

later