saving to a text file

[ianpaisley]

I have a text box and a command button.

How can I have it so that, when the command button is pressed,
what ever is typed in the text box will be saved to the top line of
a file "C:\windows\desktop\orders.txt"?

I don't want to erase what has already been in the text file, just
to add the new information to it.

Thanks for any help!

I.

[chrisjk]

Try this:

' Append to file
Dim FileNumber
FileNumber = FreeFile
Open "C:\Windows\desktop\orders.txt" For Append As FileNumber
Print #FileNumber, Text1.Text
Close FileNumber

[chrisjk]

Oh sorry, I just re-read you wanted it at the top of the file...hmmm...you'll have to read in the existing file contents, append Text1.Text to the beginning then output the result, overwriting what is already there.

[Microbasic]

Use For Append:

Open "C:\windows\desktop\orders.txt" For Append As #1
Put #1, , "String"
...

[Microbasic]

Originally posted by chrisjk
Oh sorry, I just re-read you wanted it at the top of the file...hmmm...you'll have to read in the existing file contents, append Text1.Text to the beginning then output the result, overwriting what is already there.

Er...No. The For Can take:

• Append
• Binary
• Input
• Output
• Rendom

So append is very easy.

[chrisjk]

He wants to append to the beginning. Append only adds to the end of the file

[Microbasic]

OK, then you're right.

[chrisjk]

I know

[ianpaisley]

Thanks for your help - it did pretty much what I wanted.

But one important development is necessary. How can I program it so that, whatever text is selected in the text box (as opposed to all the text in the box) is added to the text file?

Actually, I think I have it....sorry about that. It's Text1.Seltext, me thinks.

E.g:

' Append to file
Dim FileNumber
FileNumber = FreeFile
Open "C:\Windows\desktop\orders.txt" For Append As FileNumber
Print #FileNumber, Text1.Seltext
Close FileNumber

But how can I save it to the top of the file?

Thanks!

[demirc]

Use

Seek #1,x

to append at the top (x=1)
or
where ever you wish (x=whatever)