Okay, I have a few files for the Betabrite Messaging Sign that you see at banks and whatnot. It has code in it, which without word wrap shows all on 1 line. So it could easily be a string in VB. However, it has chr$ codes in it, so it will stop reading partway through it.
My file reading code is simple, so that may be why:
VB Code:
If Dir$(App.Path & "\out.txt") <> "" = True Then
fnum = FreeFile
Open App.Path & "\out.txt" For Input As fnum
Input #fnum, livekey
Close fnum
End If
Text1.Text = livekey
Attached are 2 examples, out.txt being the more complicated one and out2.txt being a simple test.
The question is: How do you get VB to read the entire string flawlessly? This string has to be repeated back flawlessly for the sign.
The second question: VB doesn't like handling this real well because of the chr$ in it, so how can it be parsed out in something a bit more digestable? I was thinking I could convert it to VB friendly characters then reparse to send to the sign when need be, but the question does remain of how to initally get all the info.
This is a fun one I have been fighting with for 3 days, so I say good luck and hope maybe someone out there can help with this!
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