conversion

[netSurfer]

I need to read a linux text file in VB. THe problem is that Linux ends a line with hex(0A) and dos reads an end of line as hex(0A 0D). Is the any way in vb that I can switch this character. If I don't, it will read the entire file as 1 line. Since I have to seperate the lines this doesn't help me. I use perl right now but I'd like to have it all in one program.

As an option, is there a way I can run Perl in VB?

[Mark Sreeves]

this should read the file into an array of strings

(I haven't tested it though!)

Private Sub Command1_Click()

Dim fnum As Long
Dim WholeFile As String
Dim char As String
Dim lines() As String
Dim i As Integer
Dim charPos As Integer
Open "TESTFILE" For Binary As fnum ' Open file.
  WholeFile = Space(LOF(fnum))
  Get fnum, , WholeFile
Close fnum

charPos = InStr(WholeFile, Chr(10))
While charPos <> 0
  charPos = InStr(WholeFile, Chr(10))
  ReDim Preserve lines(i + 1)
  lines(i) = Left(WholeFile, charPos - 1)
  'trim the text
  WholeFile = Mid(WholeFile, charPos + 1)
  i = i + 1
Wend

End Sub

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Mark Sreeves
Analyst Programmer

[email protected]
A BMW Group Company

[Mark Sreeves]

this should read the file into an array of strings

(I haven't tested it though!)

Private Sub Command1_Click()

Dim fnum As Long
Dim WholeFile As String
Dim char As String
Dim lines() As String
Dim i As Integer
Dim charPos As Integer
Open "TESTFILE" For Binary As fnum ' Open file.
  WholeFile = Space(LOF(fnum))
  Get fnum, , WholeFile
Close fnum

charPos = InStr(WholeFile, Chr(10))
While charPos <> 0
  charPos = InStr(WholeFile, Chr(10))
  ReDim Preserve lines(i + 1)
  lines(i) = Left(WholeFile, charPos - 1)
  'trim the text
  WholeFile = Mid(WholeFile, charPos + 1)
  i = i + 1
Wend

End Sub

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Mark Sreeves
Analyst Programmer

[email protected]
A BMW Group Company

[netSurfer]

I'll try that. Thanks. What exactly does it do? Does it read the whole file into a string and then divide it or does it take a piece at a time?

[netSurfer]

It works great. I just dump lines() back into another file. I'm still wondering whether it dumps the entire file into memory (the string) or whether it only takes pieces of it.