Got code, and i need to turn it into a loop

[fallnwrld]

Dim LineNumber as interger
Dim lngCOUNT as interger
Dim sFirst

LineNumber = 1
Dowhile LineNumber < lngCOUNT
open "C:\datain.dat" for input as #1
Line input #1, sFirst
Label1.caption = sFirst
Close #1
LineNumber = LineNumber + 1
EndDo

what i am doing is opening the dat file taking the first line and putting it in label1.caption....., 2nd line in label2.caption...or better yet to fix that problem attact it to a label? argh see my problems? hehe....well instead of a bunch of code each line trying to creat a loop any help? lngCOUNT is the total of lines that i did from a search earlier in the program.

[jmcswain]

Use a control array, that would be best.

Otherwise, you can refer to a control as follows:

FormName("ControlName").Property

So it'd be:

Dim i As Long 
i = 1
Open "C:\datain.dat" For Input As #1 
Do While i < lngCOUNT 
    Line Input #1, strLine
    Me("Label" & i).Caption = strLine
    i = i + 1 
Loop
Close #1

[HeSaidJoe]

'if I have guessed your question properly, try this

'Add a bas module code and add this code
Option Explicit

Public myArr

'On a form add a command button Command1
'Add a lablel, Label1 and set it's index to 0
'then run this code

Option Explicit

Private Sub command1_Click()

Dim LineNumber As Integer

Open "C:\datain.dat" For Input As #1

Do While Not EOF(1)
    ReDim Preserve myArr(LineNumber)
    Line Input #1, myArr(LineNumber)
    LineNumber = LineNumber + 1
Loop

Call AddLabel(UBound(myArr))


End Sub

Public Sub AddLabel(intCount As Integer)

   Label1(0).Caption = myArr(0)
   Dim i
   For i = 1 To intCount
    Load Label1(i)     ' Create new button.
    Label1(i).Top = Label1(i - 1).Top + 400
    Label1(i).Visible = True  ' Display new                                 ' button.
    Label1(i).Width = 4000
    Label1(i).Caption = myArr(i)
   Next i
End Sub

[jskelly]

Well, you could use a control array for the lables and then just don't close the text file during the loop and get the next line.

Dim lngCOUNT As Long
Dim sFirst As String
dim i As Long 'How big can lngCount Get?
open "C:\datain.dat" for input as #1 

for i = 1 to lngcount
   Line input #1, sFirst 'Line Input # will go to the next line automatically
   Label1(i-1).caption = sFirst 'Control arrays are 0 based
Next i

Close #1

[fallnwrld]

Thanks a lot guys, I'll give it a shot when I get home.