save form in run time ??

[om-yousif]

Hello

i need to know how can i save a form in run time

to explain why (the form contains a textbox with some words and user have to modify this text its similer to MSword formating)

i need to let the user save the form if he didn't finish his work and he want to continue later

how can i do this?

[jcis]

mm no, you can't save a form, you can save data, then you have to load your Form and load that data into it. You can save/load from file, database, registry.. which will be?

[om-yousif]

from a text file

[gavio]

Do you have a TextBox or a RichTextBox?

[om-yousif]

RichTextBox

[gavio]

The easiest way would be to use a CommonDialog control (ToolBox, right click, Components... Microsoft Common Dialog Control). Then use this:

'to open
CommonDialog1.Filter = "Text files (*.txt)|*.txt"
CommonDialog1.ShowOpen
    RichTextBox1.LoadFile CommonDialog1.FileName
    
'to save
CommonDialog1.Filter = "Text files (*.txt)|*.txt"
CommonDialog1.ShowSave
    RichTextBox1.SaveFile CommonDialog1.FileName

[om-yousif]

it didn't work after saveing i opend the file

it contains some words with no meaning

[jcis]

Maybe the problem is that .TXT extension won't save all that formating, you should use .RTF extension for that.