[2005] reading and saving rtf control data to file

Hi,
Fairly new to .net so appologies if this is fairly simple, i have a windows form with a datagrid control. On the form there is also a rich text box control.
What i would like is for the rich text box control to be comments about each record selected. This needs to save the files localy, not in the datasource.
and then load and populate the rtf control if there is an existing file for that record.


Has anyone got any pointers or example code I could work from

Thanks in advance.
:)

I don't know how you plan on filling you grid, but anyway each record must have an ID I would use that ID as the name of the file dscription and locate it in a specific folder. Here is the code to read the file and put it in the RTF

Code:

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Dim reader As IO.StreamReader

 Try
    reader = IO.File.OpenText("Folder" & ID & ".txt")

    While reader.Peek <> -1
          Me.RichTextBox1.Text &= reader.ReadLine()
    End While

 Catch ex As Exception
    Console.WriteLine("File not found")
 End Try

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You should store the file path in the database. When the user selects a record in your DataGridView (please use the proper names to avoid confusion, a DataGridView is NOT a DataGrid) you can load the associated file into the RTB:

vb Code:

Private filesByRecord As New Dictionary(Of DataRow, String)
 
Private Sub BindingSource1_CurrentChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
                                          ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles BindingSource1.CurrentChanged
    'The user just selected a record.
    Dim row As DataRow = DirectCast(Me.BindingSource1.Current, DataRowView).Row
 
    If row.IsNull("FilePath") Then
        'There is no associated file.
        Me.RichTextBox1.Clear()
    Else
        'This record has an associated file.
        If Not Me.filesByRecord.ContainsKey(row) Then
            'Cache the associated file.
            Me.filesByRecord.Add(row, IO.File.ReadAllText(CStr(row("FilePath"))))
        End If
 
        'Load the file contents from the cache.
        Me.RichTextBox1.Text = Me.filesByRecord(row)
    End If
End Sub

This code assumes that you are using a BindingSource between your data and the grid. You don't have to do so but I strongly suggest that you do.