Please help

[kruks]

I know it should be easy,but I am new to vb.
I have to read a text file and validate it.
there is an information that starts ona sertain position and is 70 characters long.It comes in a format like this.
for example:lastname *firstname*mi* i have to validate it so when it finds the first asterisk its the end of the last name and so on.if there is first or middle missing add another*
Thank you

[dimava]

I'm not 100% sure what you are saying, but why not have seperate text boxes for the fields and then for the command button you put:

If txtFirstName.text = "Dimava" then
MsgBox "Name Validated"
Else
MsgBox "Incorrect Name"
End if

[Syl]

hi, kruks,

I think U need InStr instruction. It lets U find one string in another one.

Example:

dim s as string
dim sFirst as string
dim sLast as String
dim iAge as integer
dim iPos as integer

s="first_name*last_name*age"

'I look for first name
iPos = InStr(1,s,"*")
sFirst = left(s, iPos-1)
s = right(s,len(s)-iPos)

'I look for last name
iPos = InStr(1,s,"*")
sLast = left(s, iPos-1)
s = right(s,len(s)-iPos)

'I look for the age
iAge=Val(s)

Hope it'll help