Read from properties file

[sharmili]

Hi,

I have a property file names sourcesheetproperties.txt where i have the text as
path=vvvvv
Level=111

I want to retrieve the values from the text files as passing property name such as "path" and "Level". I tried to use propertybag class but however was giving errors while using .contents property.

Is anybody aware of freeware dll or vbcode which i can use?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Sharmili.

[yrwyddfa]

Is this an arbitrary properties file (ie bespoke content, and format) ?

[sharmili]

Thanks your reply.

It will be in fixed format. i.e name=value where name and value both are strings.

[yrwyddfa]

What generated the file?

[sharmili]

We manually create the properties file.

[litlewiki]

Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim filename As String
Dim lPos As Long
cdlg1.ShowOpen
 
filename = cdlg1.filename
 
Open filename For Input As #1
    Do Until EOF(1)
        Line Input #1, strdata
        lPos = InStr(strdata, "<")
        Do While lPos
            lEnd = InStr(lPos, strdata, ">")
            Text1.Text = Text1.Text + Mid$(strdata, lPos + 1, lEnd - lPos - 1) & vbCrLf
            lPos = InStr(lEnd, strdata, "<")
            lEnd = InStr(lPos, strdata, ">")
            Text2.Text = Text2.Text + Mid$(strdata, lPos + 1, lEnd - lPos - 1) & vbCrLf
            lPos = InStr(lEnd, strdata, "<")
        Loop
    Loop
Close #1
End Sub

format your properties file in the format

<path><vvvvv>
<Level><111>

this is because its easier to parse the values .now add two textboxes with multiline = true and scrollbars =2
and add a common dialog control cdlg1

[sharmili]

Thank you once again for your speedy reply.

I want to hv a generic class with methods such as getProperty(name) and setProperty(name) which will easy for me.

The functionality should be similar to propertybag class.

[litlewiki]

Thank you once again for your speedy reply.

I want to hv a generic class with methods such as getProperty(name) and setProperty(name) which will easy for me.

The functionality should be similar to propertybag class.

thanks bushmob for that ,he taught me parsing values !!
the reason why i used < and > is to make it easier for the code to parse the values .to write values to file in this format should not be difficult i guess .

how do u create classes in vb ?? i am not aware of classes in vb!!

[Hack]

how do u create classes in vb ?? i am not aware of classes in vb!!

Project/Add Class Module

[litlewiki]

okay class modules thought something else!!