help with coding...Resolved

[qdv]

hi, i am trying to create a new program, so when the user hit the search button, it will compare the input with a text file, and if it find the name in the text file, it will open up a new text file and print out more information related to the name it found in the fist text file.

so for example, i search for visual basic, the program will open up the 1st text file and search for that name (visual basic), if it match, it will open the 2nd text file, and find (visual basic, and the 2nd file will include all information about visual basic) and print out the result.

so can you make up an example code for how that work? because i know that's what i want my program to do, but have no idea what the coding structure is like.
thanks

[Eras3r]

I have no idea what you want to do :\

[BuggyProgrammer]

Dim SearchString as STring
dim filec as string
 
SearchString = "Visual Basic"
 
 
open "C:\text1.txt" for input as #1
filec = input(lof(1),1)
close #1
 
if instr(filec,searchstring) then
open "C:\text2.txt" for input as #1
filec=input(lof(1),1)
close #2
 
'then do whatever after you opened the second file
 
end if

[qdv]

ohh ok, so I should use the If statement for the 2nd file, but is there a way I can load the two text files in form_load first?

[BuggyProgrammer]

?

then load them in form load. nothing will go wrong. just don't close them. ie

form load:

open filename for input as #1
open filename2 for input as #2

then in your other sub

file1 = input(lof(1),1)
file2 = input(lof(2),2)

and when you exit you should

close #1
close #2