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  1. May 10th, 2006, 10:33 PM #1
    longwar
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    Accessing textfile info in eVB

    hi all,
    i am currently developing a pocket pc program using embedded VB. i like to access info from a textfile (located in '/windows') in my pocket pc. say the info of the text file look something like this
    ---------------
    John <--- user name
    abc <--- password
    20060511 <--- date
    ---------------

    how do i access the info and store in 3 variables. pls help me in the coding as i have totally no idea how to start. thks in advance.

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  2. May 11th, 2006, 10:57 AM #2
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    Re: Accessing textfile info in eVB

    See this thread for an example of reading a file in eVB.

    You can use the same parsing methods that you would in VB6.
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