Text file to listview, with premature EOF...

[THCfog]

I have a decent sized list of lines which i load to a listview using a traditional list opening code (below). All works well, but encountering certian strings which are apparently EOF markers cut things off early leaving my list half empty.

Open "C:\FileCodeList.txt" For Input As #1
    Do While Not EOF(1)
    Line Input #1, str1
    If Left(str1,7)="KeepC:\" Then ListView1.ListItems.Add , , str1
    Loop
    Close #1

Ive read many articles on open as binary, but i cannot get any sort of list population going with that. Plus, i cannot store the entire file as a array due to its large size. From 1 to 150 MB.

Im not sure if i should somehow process the file before loading, removing or replacing all Null characters or EOF marking characters ( im not sure what they are) , or if there is a binary loop i can use to load this list successfully.

Amy help would be much appreciated. Thanks ahead of time.

[dee-u]

Could you attach a sample of your txt file for me to check your code?

[THCfog]

For a example of my error, add this to a text file in UNICODE format.
"KeepC:\FileName.txt;~Ty"
"KeepC:\FileName1.txt;‚Š~{"
"KeepC:\FileName3.txt;910w>"
"Success"


You will see it never reaches Success.

~ I have found that this error only happens when the file is in Unicode format. When i manually change it to ANSI or UTF-8, it loads. However some characters are then changed. Is there a way Open for input as UTF-8 or ANSI? Or if i was to convert the entire txt file to one of those 2 formats, a way to get it back to Unicode to see the original string while adding to the listview.

Thanks

[chemicalNova]

Are you writing the file? Writing it normally from VB is in unicode isn't it?

chem

[THCfog]

Im not writing any files or i wasnt... I think i might take the TYPE route , dynamic creating of batch files for a conversion. TYPE UNICODE > ASCI... I dont mind using batch commands to assist me in loading this list, so ill label this as semi-resolved for now.