How do you .txt files and search data in them??

[ComputerWiz6996]

How do you .txt files and search data in them??

[Visual Programmer]

this is how you .txt them (save them):

text1.text = "Hello World"

Open "C:\windows\desktop\hello.txt" for output as #1
Write #1, text1.text
Close #1

and this is how you open them, and search them:

'to open the file
Open "C:\windows\desktop\hello.txt" for input as #2
Input #2, text1.text
Close #2

'to search it
if intstr(text1.text, "Hello World") then
msgbox "found hello world"
end if

Visual Programmer

How do you .txt files? <-what's this mean?

To search data in them, open them and search:

Private Sub Command1_Click()
    
    Dim MyVarString As String
    Open "C:\TxtFile.txt" For Input As #1
        MyVarString = Input(LOF(1), 1)
        If InStr(1, MyVarString, "string") Then
            MsgBox "File contains 'string'"
        Else
            MsgBox "'string' not found"
        End If
    Close #1
    
End Sub

Originally posted by Visual Programmer
this is how you .txt them (save them):

text1.text = "Hello World"

Open "C:\windows\desktop\hello.txt" for output as #1
Write #1, text1.text
Close #1

Use the Print # Statement rather than the Write # Statement.

The Write # Statement will put quotes ("") around the words of the file.
The Print # Statement will write text with no quotes ("") around the file.

[Visual Programmer]

Thanks for the tips