Fast Way To Read A Text File?
Feb 5, 2009
I have a coma separated text file with loads of records. Usually when we read a text file we start from the first line and go towards the last. I know that there will be x comas per record.But I want to start reading from the last line and then towards the top. This enables me to stop before I reach the top (depending on the data).
What would be the fastest way to read a text file in VB.NET?. I am using VS2008. Basically I want to read from last line and go upwards and stop when I want. I may not need to read the entire file.
[Note: I want to store data in an array and not show it in some textbox]
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Jan 18, 2011
Any simple/easy (emphasis on easy, I am a major beginner) to read through text files quickly, search for strings and pull information. I am currently using the 'StreamReader' function and 'InStr' command, but the files I am working with are gigantic and this is taking from 1/2 an hour to a few hours to work its way through.
Here is a sample of the code I am currently using - poke fun at will, I am a major newbie.
strContentsTime1_jntfor=0
Do Until strContentsTime1_jntfor Is Nothing
strContentsTime1_jntfor = objFile1.ReadLine()
'look for string 'time'
strFindStringTime_jntfor = "time"
[Code] .....
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Feb 9, 2011
I have a windows form which to summarize lets the user open a file containing 32 bit hashes, then search for one of them. The hash is then converted to its string representation. The application is giving the results I would expect but I'd like to make it execute faster than it does now; some files can be pretty big > 100 MB.
I'm doing the file read using a BackgroundWorker object to display progress updates and ensure that the UI is available during the process. But for that i need to add a System.Threading.Sleep(1) instruction in the loop; otherwise the application freezes with big files. And System.Threading.Sleep(1) creates a noticeable lag. Any suggestions on how to make searches fast without freezing the UI? Getting speeds comparable to hex editor programs for example.
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Jul 14, 2011
When you need to do random access to the lines of a text file, the regular solution is to put those lines in a list and access them in that list.But doing this if the text file is large creates a large memory overhead and may cause some memory stress on the application.This class maps the file and provide the ability to read any particular line in the file at a random position, without the need to read or put in memory any other line but the desired line. The only memory overhead involve is the 1024 bytes buffer of the base stream.Even if the file mapping can be a process that consume a noticable amount of time if the file is very large ( ~ 5 seconds for each 100,000,000 caracteres) , once the mapping is done the access to a particular line becomes instantaneous regardless of the size of the file. (The file mapping can always be done at a convenient time (ex when the process load) and can be done on a worker thread The class is base on a StreamReader to support the differents Text Encodings Example uf usage ( As I say, if the file is very large, dont do it like that, but declare the class at a convenient time)
Imports Reader = System.IO.MyStreams
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
[code]....
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Mar 11, 2010
I have a txt file that I need to read into a listview, but I need to read from a specific line in that file. Below is a sample of the txt file to read,
6400,3200,2,95.5,84,76.6,0
1,2,-20,15,0,0,0,"NO",0,0
TOTAL GPM= 6400 HWT= 95.5 CWT= 84.0 IWBT= 76.6 ALTITUDE= 0
CODE]...
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Sep 17, 2011
i need to display the size of a folder but if i sum file.lengh by file.lefth it takes to long,is there a fast way to see how much space a folder uses?
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Jan 4, 2010
I have one combobox, two buttons (Add and View) and listbox. When I click button Add text from combobox is added to text file. This is code for Add button:
[Code]...
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Dec 15, 2009
I'm using vb.net 1.1 to develop the program. I got text files that contain test result from a machine, like below.
T1 1.24535 2.56335 2.43253 1.24538 2.55619 4.35243
T2 1.42542 1.63728 3.57295 4.59275 1.57320 2.72057
T3 5.12857 2.45375 6.38593 2.58375 3.57259 3.57204
I need to check the test result with the data from database, to find out which test result is failed. If there is a fail test result, I will show an alert to the operator and stop the checking process. Until the operator close the alert, then the checking process will continue from the last read point.
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Oct 3, 2009
I'm trying to make a program that can read .mp3 data (Such as Artist, Album, Year, Track number, etc), but I need to be able to do two things that I have no clue how to do:
1. Read starting from a specified string (E.G, On one line it states: [code]
2. Read until a specified string (E.G, On the previously stated line,I need to read starting from what I said, up until.
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May 7, 2010
Ok so I have a combo box that lists a set of names. What I want to do is match a selected name to a text file and read from it. The text file contains the same name and has grades listed below:
ex.
Johnny Bravo
30
10
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May 12, 2009
i have 5 textboxes in a form. I have a streamwriter that writes all of their text to on text file like this:
Code:
Dim xfile As String = Application.StartupPath & "/Set.txt"
If File.Exists(xfile) = True Then
Dim writex As StreamWriter = New StreamWriter(xfile)
[code]....
I was wondering how to get the text under the each number and place it in the corresponding textbox.
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Aug 23, 2011
When you click a button on my form, it opens a folder dialog box & gets the selected path, then changes a label's text to state that it's starting to process the directory then it goes ahead & opens a new streamwriter & continues on into my other sub for listing directories..roblem is the label isn't changing before it does it's processing, I figure that is because it's processing to fast to actually display the text. Even if processing the directory takes a minute or more the label won't ever change, which should have happened before it started processing the directory.
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Apr 5, 2011
I'm creating an application that finds all of the text in a picture regardless of text size or font (whithin reason, Just the basic monospaced and default windows fonts). I tried making my own but it was slow and very unreliable. I need it to work fast (as close to instant (give or take 1 or 2 seconds)). I have to run it on images 1000+x1000+ (Nothing more than 1500). I have to take the values of the text and the position of it in the image.
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Jan 19, 2011
Any fast way to read/search very large text files. I found this post for VB6, but I don't have the slightest clue what any of it means. [URL]. How to read/search huge files (up to a few GB and 20+million lines).
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Aug 5, 2010
i am working on read line by line . At each line that my app read , i added a event . How do i read a text file till the end and Stop it? there is how it work :
[Code]...
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May 15, 2006
Get Program To Read Text File And Display 2nd Line Of Text
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Dec 4, 2009
I am trying to read a text file into a text box, and show the progress bar loading. Sometimes if the text file is big, i don't know when it will finish reading it. This is basically the code i use to read a text file, but i don't know how to show the progress bar.
[Code]...
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Jan 2, 2010
I have a text file containing 10 pieces of information. I want to read the information from the text file and put it in text boxes on a form, so that the user can view the information and edit if required. What is the best way of approaching this?
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May 22, 2012
So, I have a task where I need to basically copy about 600,000 PDFs, some of which can be 5-6 MBs from one network fileshare to another network fileshare on another pc.Now, I crawled through the directories, sub-directories etc etc and created what I call a Filename/Filepath Database lookup table. This table contains the name and the unc fileshare path of each file which comes in handy.I have used Multi-threading and File.Copy to "copy" the files and I getting about 45K files per 4 hours which I need to be significantly faster then that and I am seeing performance degrade over time
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May 21, 2009
in my text file i have two part. Called bottom and top. So i need to read the Top part first then and match the line with bottom part. Its like this
[Code]...
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May 26, 2008
how to do this for vb6 however i am using vb 2008 and the code for vb6 does not seem to work.
I have designed a form with a text box on it, and a command button underneath. The idea is to run this as a sort of stiky notes section.
I want the text box to read rich text into the textbox (C:\\stickynotes.rtf")
Then i have a command button underneath which i want to save the content of the rich text box to the rtf file (C:\\stickynotes.rtf). This is so that the user can edit and ammend information.
here is some code i have so far
Dim fileReader As System.IO.StreamReader
fileReader = My.Computer.FileSystem.OpenTextFileReader("C:\\stickynotes.rtf")
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Mar 4, 2012
So far what i have is a button and a text box and when you press the button it my.computer.filesystem.readalltext(from this file as string) but what i want it to do is to read all the text in that file minus whatever is in parenthesis so like lets say the file has saved into it, hi my name is bob but my realname is (jeorge) that when you press the button it reads and shows everything in the file minus jeorge which is in parenthesis
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Jun 24, 2010
im trying to have the user press a button and a window pops up to select a file. then it reads the file and puts it in a text box. how could i do this?
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Mar 15, 2011
I need to transfer files from one server to multiple cients (using the internet) in the fastest possible way in .NET . What are the different types of transfer protocols which can be used in .NET or VB.NET so that the files are sent in a very short time ? I have tried using FTP, but that is slow because it requires authentication, handshaking etc. What i want to know is the options which we have in .NET for sending files in the fastest possible way between a server and multiple clients.
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Oct 7, 2009
I a very large text document, I need to read some lines and at the end of each line, insert a text from the header of each page to he preceding lines.I have the following code the reads the file and displays it on a list box.Public Class Dialogs..[code]
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Mar 21, 2010
I need to implement a routine to read a plain text file, BUT that file has a predefined format.The file format is as follows:
Quote:
<FILE_PROPERTIES> 'The "< >" also appears
Propertie1="String" 'It's possible to have spaces after or before the "="
Propertie2="String"
Propertie3="String"
PropertieN="String"
[code]....
Is there any Windows API Routine to read something like that?Or could you point me an URL where something is implemented?I don't want a procedure to read the file line by line and comparing them with Line Input because blank spaces, empty lines and comments starting with " // " may appear too, and I don't want to take them into account, but also I need to save changes to the file, but only to the modified section, without having to read the whole file, and re-write it completely.
Binary access can't work, because I don't know what's the size of each "section", since the number of elements into it can change.
I need something like the "ReadINI" Windows API Procedure, but allowing me to read the "[XXX]" sections headers, and also the "<XXX>" file title header.
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Aug 12, 2010
Before I begin I would like to mention that I am not a noob in VB, it's just I've never had to do anything this complex before. Basically what I want is to have a program that you can load a txt file in, have it copy key words, and paste it in a textbox so I can use it later on. So in this text file, there is a bunch of info, but I am only needing a certain part. Here is an example of a text file (actually a .dat file, but is easily read):
[Code]...
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Mar 22, 2011
Just wondering if in the net (VB) world only option for file I/O is the Stream reader/writer. In the VB 6 world we had the slow FSO and we had the native file I/O. As far as speed, mostly concerned with writing few lines of data to a file each second, which may continue 24/7 but each day would have a new file. What are the options available in the net world (that is applicable to VB .net 2003) that can give me the best speed performance?
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Jun 21, 2010
i would like to ask is there anyway to read a txt file with UTF-8 encoding using streamreader or filestream. the txt file is contain some extended ASCII that makes me cannot read the characters properly. I hav tried Encoding.ASCII.GetString(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes()) but still it return wrong character when it's reading extended ASCII code.
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Dec 13, 2009
I want my program to read certain text in a text file. For example if I have a text file that contains the following info..
acc=blah
pass=hello
I want my vb.net application to get that the account variable is equal to blah, and the password variable is equal to hello.
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