text file help

[Jamie_Garland]

How do i write to a text file saying the word "Blocked" using a text box and a command button. I also would like to know how to delete from a text file thats on a server. The file that needs the word written to is

http://www.vbsoftware.biz/test.txt

Hope someone can help me.

Best Regards

[Jenova]

Option Explicit
 
Private Sub Command1_Click()
    Dim iHandle     As Long
    
    iHandle = FreeFile()
    
    Open "<Path to File>" For Output As iHandle
        Print #iHandle, Text1.Text ' The text property says "Blocked"
    Close iHandle
End Sub

If the file has been posted on the internet and it is not yours then you will not be able to ammend it, however if this is yours and you are ammending the text file through a web page then yould use the above as a script for a web page that ammends the file. If this is your text file on your server then you will need to open replace "<Path to File>" with the path of the file.

[Jamie_Garland]

When i try that code

Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim iHandle As Long
 
iHandle = FreeFile()
 
Open "http://www.vbsoftware.biz/disable/test.txt" For Output As iHandle
Print #iHandle, Text1.Text ' The text property says "Blocked"
Close iHandle
 
End Sub

It says Bad filename or Number then

highlights

Open "http://www.vbsoftware.biz/disable/test.txt" For Output As iHandle

[Jenova]

Of course it does, the open statement expects a directory, not a URL which is what you have provided. The Open statement searches your PC for the directory and file not, not the internet. That is why you get bad file mode because it can not find what you have specified.

You also need to take into account that the file you are looking to edit is stored on the internet. If this text file is stored on a server that you own then just use the directory where the file is stored on the server. If the server where this text file resides is 3rd Party (owned by someone else like phpBB) then you can't edit it.

Also, when i went on to the link you provided, the text file was being displayed as a web page.