text box help

[Caskbill]

How about

Private Sub Form_Load()
If Dir$(App.Path & "\mytext.txt") <> vbNullString Then 'it exists - do it
    Print #1,Text1.Text & vbCrLf
   Print #1, Text2.Text
   Close #1
Else
   Msgbox App.Path & "\mytext.txt does not exist."  'tell them it does not exist
End If
End Sub

I think you meant to say that if the string does exist, then you want to open it as #1, and then read the values and transfer them to the textboxes. You wouldn't be printing them from the textboxes in the Form_Load event.