[RESOLVED] Populate 3 Row Listview From Text File

[toecutter]

Hi

I amd trying to populate a listview control from a text file.

Text File has data set as:

Line 1 = Name
Line 2 = Date
Line 3 = email address

eg:


Iam trying to use this code

        'POPULATE LISTVIEW WITH TEXTFILE
        'http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=242250&highlight=write+listview+textfile
        Dim sr As IO.StreamReader
        Dim strLine, strLine2, strLine3 As String
        Dim strFileName As String = Application.StartupPath & "\Emailed.txt"
        ' Open the file to read.
        Try
            sr = IO.File.OpenText(strFileName)
            Try
                With Me.lsvEmailed
                    While sr.Peek <> -1
                        strLine = sr.ReadLine
                        strLine2 = sr.ReadLine
                        strLine3 = sr.ReadLine
                        lsvEmailed.Items.Add(strLine).SubItems.Add(strLine2).Subitems.Add(strLine3)
                    End While
                End With
            Catch
                MsgBox("Unexpected error reading character file - check the contents of " _
                + strFileName + ".", MsgBoxStyle.Exclamation)
            End Try
            sr.Close()
        Catch ex As Exception
            MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "Error opening file!")
        End Try

The code works fine if iam only adding 1 subitem

lsvEmailed.Items.Add(strLine).SubItems.Add(strLine2)

but if i try to add 2 subitems

lsvEmailed.Items.Add(strLine).SubItems.Add(strLine2).Subitems.Add(strLine3)

When i build the file i get a build error:

Error 2 'Subitems' is not a member of 'System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem.ListViewSubItem'. C:\Documents and Settings\Toecutter\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\Emailed\Emailed\Form1.vb 201 25 Emailed

Any help much appreciated
Toe

ps i have attached this to this thread
http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=242250

[jmcilhinney]

What does this do:

lsvEmailed.Items.Add(strLine)

It adds a ListViewItem and returns it. What does this do:

lsvEmailed.Items.Add(strLine).SubItems.Add(strLine2)

It adds a ListViewItem and returns it, then adds a ListViewSubItem to that and returns it. Now, what would this do:

lsvEmailed.Items.Add(strLine).SubItems.Add(strLine2).Subitems.Add(strLine3)

It will take the ListViewSubItem that was last returned and try to add a ListViewSubItem to it. ListViewSubItems don't have subitems though, so of course that's going to fail. You have to add the second subitem to the original item, not the first subitem.

With lsvEmailed.Items.Add(strLine).SubItems
    .Add(strLine2)
    .Add(strLine3)
End With

[toecutter]

Subitems' is not a member of 'System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem.ListViewSubItem

Which is exactly what the error mesage says

Thank you