Freefile

I am using freefile and I have read the four first lines of data in my .txt and then made it stop.Now if I press Cammand1_Click() again I want it to read the next four lines.
Could anyone help?

Thanks
Coco

Hi Coco,

Here's how to do it.

Create a VB project with a big Textbox and a Command Button. For the Textbox, set the Multiline property to True and give it a Vertical Scroll Bar.

Put this code in the VB Editor:

Change "c:\bootlog2.txt" to indicate the path and name of your file.

Code:

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Option Explicit

Private Sub Command1_Click()
    Dim lFileNum As Long
    Dim stTemp() As String
    Static iCounter As Integer
    Dim iFourlines As Integer
    Dim iLoop As Integer
    Dim stHold As String
    Dim iPreviousCount As Integer
   
    lFileNum = FreeFile
   
    Open "c:\bootlog2.txt" For Input As lFileNum
   
    Do Until iPreviousCount = iCounter
        Line Input #lFileNum, stHold
        iPreviousCount = iPreviousCount + 1
    Loop
   
    Do Until iFourlines = 4 Or EOF(lFileNum)
        ReDim Preserve stTemp(iFourlines)
        Line Input #lFileNum, stTemp(iFourlines)
        iCounter = iCounter + 1
        iFourlines = iFourlines + 1
    Loop
   
    For iLoop = 0 To (iFourlines - 1)
        Text1 = Text1 & stTemp(iLoop) & vbCrLf
    Next
   
    Text1.SelStart = Len(Text1)
    Text1.SetFocus
    Close lFileNum
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Load()
    Text1 = ""
End Sub

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All the best.

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OneSource

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[This message has been edited by OneSource (edited 02-09-2000).]