[RESOLVED] Picking value from Text File and App.Path

Hi,

I want my application to store the last Ticket No in a text file and when it starts again, it should pick the last number and increment it by 1 to start again.

I am not following how to pick the value written in text file, though I attempted as below:

Code:

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    Public Function LoadPNoFromFile()
        Dim fs As IO.FileStream = New IO.FileStream("C:\KTR\KTR\ePermit2\Data\pno.txt", IO.FileMode.OpenOrCreate, IO.FileAccess.ReadWrite)
        Dim br As IO.BinaryReader = New IO.BinaryReader(fs)
        Dim bw As IO.BinaryWriter = New IO.BinaryWriter(fs)
        Dim GetNum(1000) As Byte
        Dim myVal As Long

        Try

            myVal = br.ReadByte
            MsgBox(myVal)
            fs.Close()


        Catch ex As Exception

        End Try
    End Function

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Secondly, how to use App.Path (of VB6) here in the code in the line where the path of the Text File is given.

First question - You should check out using streamreader instead of filestream and binaryreader if it's a text file.

VB Code:

Dim sr As New IO.StreamReader("Mytextfile")
Dim Ticketno as String
 
While Not (sr.Peek() = -1)
   Ticketno = Sr.ReadLine()
End While
SR.Close()
'This will leave you with ticketno containing the last line of the text file.
 
'Then to write back the next one.
 
Dim sw As New IO.StreamWriter("MyTextFile", True) 'append is true
Sw.WriteLine(TheNextTicketNumber)
sw.Close()

And for question two:

Application.StartupPath

Bill

Thanks