How To Save And Modify A 'high Score'?

[nick_roberts]

I've created a game and would lke to be able to save the players high score. to help with the code the high score in my game would = 'offer'

I assume i would save the high score to a txt file? but have never done this before.

Nick

[Hack]

Not a lot of information to go on, so my response will be kind of general. To save something to a text file, use:

Open "C:\Score.txt" For Append As #1
Print #1, What_you_use_to_store_the_score
Close #1

[nick_roberts]

Thanks Hack,

that'll get me started, but if i wanted to create a form that displayed 'top 10 scores'. How would i access the txt file and display the top 10 scores when the form is loaded?

let me know if there is any more info you need.

[Hack]

Tell me exactly how this text file is going to be structured.

I'm sure it will contain more than just a bunch of numbers.

How will you associate a number (score) with a name (of the person that scored it)?

Other than name and score, what else is going to be in there, and in what order?

[nick_roberts]

example of saved 'top score' file:

£32,500 <tab> John
£5,000 <tab> Dave
£250,000 <tab> Mark
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If it makes things eaiser, the score doesn't have to be saved as a £ value - just an int.

I will provide the user with an input box to input their name and their top score is calculated automatically at the end of the game (there is only ever 1 user at a time).

This is all i have decided at the moment, and its quite flexable if we need to change things!