VS 2008 - Random Access Reading Of A Non-Standard Text File
Jan 12, 2010
how to proceed. One of our customers is going to be sending me a flat file (ASCII-Text) that I have to break down and scan. Every line ends in a CrLf - So I know I can use StreamReader and ReadLine(). I did get it to work on one of the test files they sent.(A very Short file) However, the file is not delimited at all and every field is padded to the full length they specified. Here's the format of the file:
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Apr 25, 2010
I'm doing a Program for a Friend of mine, He Want to have a Console Program Running on his Computer.OK the problem i am having is With Stream Read, I have 3 test users inside Test File, if User 1 logs in his information is store in logged file with time and data.but if User 3 logs on user 1 2 and 3 are all saved on the logged file
i dont have read to end of file in my Code.i dont have my Program with me, so i going off the top of my head i have something like this what i want to be able to find out how to do is Right from any part of the file and out put it, I take it i need to use Random Access but how to i code Random Access for this type of file. All i can find is how to Randomly place Words in a text file with Length and size.
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Jan 7, 2009
I am writing a program to calculate Pi to several hundred billion decimal places and this will require lots of GB of memory. I wrote a test program in VB2008 that saved the first 16 digits of Pi (without the decimal point) to both a text file and a random access file, just to be sure it was outputting the numbers properly. For reference the first 16 digits of Pi are:
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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
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Mar 2, 2010
I achieved reading and writing data to a random access file, buthow do I write and read data from a certain position in the *.txtfile? Would it be better if I created multiple file modes to
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May 30, 2009
I am trying to select Multiple files and then read the file 1 by 1, i want to know how to specify the file number in Visual Basic .net 2008
Here is a sample code which i have used in reading the text file.
With dlgOpen
.Filter = "txt Files (*.txt)|*.txt"
.Title = "Open Text Files"
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Actually my text file is a dump file and i need to make a program to process this dump file. I may ask some stupid questions but this is just a beginning, i want to parse INDIVIDUAL text file line by line. In the above code i have used the ReadToEnd function in order to display it in TextBox but i may use ReadLine Function or Read function to read line by line or characters respectively.
I have attached an Access Database with the predefined tables in it, I want to update the contents in Access Database. Supposingly if my textfile contains Names (Sam,Julie,Joseph,Marina), how will i update my attached Access table in vertical order !
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Jun 27, 2011
I'm having trouble reading a file into a filestream from a CD. I get 'Access to the path denied'. Works fine when reading a text file from a local drive, but getting error from CD. Dim fs As New IO.FileStream(filename, IO.FileMode.Open)
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Dec 5, 2009
getting a random line on a text file then assigning it to a variable?
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Jan 30, 2010
I've got a program which reads a text file, in this file there are 2 or 3 lines between paragraphs. However when displaying in my textbox on my form i have 14-18 lines. Why? and how can I remove them?
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Jul 23, 2010
I have a text file called: list.txt This is a list with all kind of lines like this:
14II_ARM_S_CLO_CLO_CLOVERIDS_PROPITEM_TXT_01194611IK1_ARMORIK2_CLOTHIK3_CLOAK=TRUE==200050000====PARTS_CLOAK=1==11=1===11_NONE Ofcourse every line has different numbers and letters.
The complicated bit is this:
I want to let Button1 check whats in TextBox1.Text and search "list.txt" for it. When it has got a match (there is only ONE of these numbers in list.txt).For example TextBox1.Text = "IDS_PROPITEM_TXT_011946". And I search for that so I find the line above. Now I want 3 other textboxes which show the 21st, 22nd, 23rd column/number after "IDS_PROPITEM_TXT_011946". And they should be editable by changing those 3 textboxes and clicking the apply button.How can I best do this, and please give a little example.
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Nov 11, 2011
This is what i wanna do and dont really know how:
When i click button "StoreX":
if X.ini does not exist it will be created at the same folder as application
NumericUpDown1 value stored at X.ini line 1
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Feb 1, 2009
The following code suppose to:
1. Read line-by-line a txt file with more than 500,000 lines, (each line 521 characters long)
2. extract an ID No from the line
3. query from a database for LCCIStatus
4. concatenate the value of LCCIStatus to the line
5. write the line to sample.txt
My problem is, this code works perfectly with the test file of 8000 lines but fail with the actual files which have over 500,000 lines. FYI, the test file contains data which I cut and paste from the actual file.
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Jun 22, 2010
ive created a function for generating username, password, email to log in on a website but the problem is i want to use all account one at a time for example
num|username|email|passwd
1|username1|email@email1.com|password1
2|username2|email@email2.com|password2
3|username3|email@email3.com|password3
4|username4|email@email4.com|password4
5|username5|email@email5.com|password5
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Sep 25, 2009
I am having some trouble thinking of a way to do this, what i have is an .xml file loaded and data read from it and used in my application, the thing is the data varies in each .xml for example:
vb.net
Dim XMLD As New Xml.XmlDocument
'// Find and load the XML file
XMLD.Load("Debug/xForm.xml")
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The fields vary on application execution, there maybe 5 fields with data one time, then 13 the next etc, if only 5 fields have been written to the xml and i load them all like above i get an error (because that data hasn't been written)is there a way to load the data dynamically based on how many fields have been written kinda thing?
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Mar 7, 2012
I need to be able to know how to search a text file in VB for a particular line and then display it. the files I'm trying to use are set up as: ID, Name, Address, Birthday, Pay-Roll TypeSo I need to know how to search the file for the ID number and then display the rest of that lin
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Jan 31, 2011
Private Sub FrmTestMid_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Dim myfile As System.IO.File
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Aug 15, 2010
I am in the process (slow process) if learning vb.net by trying to create a simple application that will read and write (save) chosen information to a text file. The application has text boxes (name, email address, etc) and I want to read information from certain lines in the text and place in the given text box.[code]When I start debugging mode it does not display the text until I click onto the text box and it's displaying the first line of text in the file. How do I skip the first line of text and have it display the second line (or the 6th, 24, or whatever line I need to be displayed)?Then I can start working on learning to use streamwriter
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Dec 8, 2009
I am trying to read in demographics from a text file. What I am trying to do is use the commas in the text file as a stop and starting point for each field. Instead of explaining all will be clear once you look at the code.
Dim filecontents As String
Dim newlineindex As Integer
Dim numindex As Integer
Dim credents As String
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Jun 26, 2010
how do i read the first line of text of every text file in a folder and populated in a list box. Also how do I get it to show the file name in a text box when you select an item in the listbox
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Feb 19, 2011
Im working on writing a program for doing standard deviation and as of right now im running into one slight issue with subtracting my mean from the original numbers. I will post most of my code so you can get an over view but i mostly just want help on this one little part for now. Im going to be making a website for school and put some programming stuff on it so i wanted to make just some random programs for it so this is school related but not really homework. It's line 26 and 27 that this is relating to. When i put a stop in my code and look at the result of arrayDifferences it gives me 0.0 when it should be -1. I know i can go this route and say arrayDifferences(1) = arrayDifferences(1) - arrayAvg but seeing as how i want this to be a random number of numbers input by the user i cant do that.
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Oct 19, 2011
Years ago when coding with VB6 and earlier, I used a file open command to create, read, and write a file that made it easy to store useful information.I believe it was binary and you wrote/read the data to a specific line in the file. When you opened the file with something like notepad, it just showed random ascii chars. When I needed a line of data, I could specify what line to load it from.
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Dec 23, 2010
I use the following code to read the standard output from a command line application from a main winforms application, and then I use the BeginInvoke code to update a textbox with the status. What I am not sure about is if I can have a smoother process. The code loads up about 10 to 20 text inserts, and those are all seen at once... not a smooth process where each status is updated. Any thoughts on if the reading of the standard output and/or the beginvoke code could seem more smooth to the user?
Delegate Sub UpdateUIStatusHandler(ByVal StatusMessage As String, ByVal JobName As String, ByVal Direction As String)
Dim ProcessJob As New ProcessStartInfo(GSyncExe, RunJob)
ProcessJob.UseShellExecute = False : ProcessJob.CreateNoWindow = True : ProcessJob.RedirectStandardOutput = True : ProcessJob.RedirectStandardError
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Sep 21, 2009
Basically what I'm trying to do is read a text file line by line. After each line is read, it will put each line into a separate text box. I've been trying to do this for a while and so far I haven't been able to. I tried using a for loop, but that just put all my lines in to one textbox.
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Jul 1, 2010
I need an example of how to create and use a random access file
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May 20, 2010
Created Structure
opened file using FileOpen(1, "filename.dat", OpenMode.Random, , , bytes in structure)
used structure .ID = record number
FilePut(1, structure)
FileClose(1)
The program enters the first record but although when I enter more records it still shows only one record in the file.
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Jan 15, 2010
I am moving all of the prgrams that I have written, to VS2008. However, I use Random Access File Foemat for the databases that have been used for over a decade. I need to be able to read and write to a Random access file.I have multiple fields in the database and cannot lose access to this information.VS2008 doesn't use the following type of code to define the Fields that will be used in the Database. I did what it suggested, using the Structure / End Structure, but that was as close to a solution that I could find in the Help Files.
Type EquipType
EquipName As String * 32
Location As String * 28[code].......
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Jun 23, 2011
Private Sub Button3_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button3.Click
FileNum = FreeFile()
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Jan 30, 2010
I am using Visual Basic 2009 to create a file of records to store students tests scores.Currently i can write to the file, create new records etc. However i cannot edit a particular record, im sure i have to use file seek function but i have no idea where to start.here is some of my source code to give you an idea of where im at
Do While (Not EOF(1)) And found = False 'loop until no more records or the record is found
nosrecords = nosrecords + 1
FileGet(1, onestudent, nosrecords)[code].....
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Nov 2, 2009
how to read and write random access records in .NET. Now I know random access files are dead and the response on every query I found with google/bing/yahoo searches was don't use random access use Binary serialization but I can not. I have a situation where I need to read and modify 256 byte records in a file that is used by another application.
Now for a bit of background the file is made up of 27 fixed length records of 256 bytes. Each of the records has a separate structure consisting of 30-120 fields. The proplem I am having is I can create the record structures but when using the FileGet method I am receiving an error. Now I have found samples that showed the same format I am using that claim to work.
The error I am getting is Option Strict On disallows narrowing from type 'System.ValueType' to type 'ProgramName.ModuleName.Record' in copying the value of 'ByRef' paramater 'Value' back to the matching argument.
The basic layout (simplified) is as follows:
Code:
Structure Record
<VBFixedString(6)> Public SomeParam as String
Public SomeNumber as Short
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Now the overloads for FileGet show all of the data types including Object. But I have tried various methods to retreive the 256 byte record but without success. Do I have to actually read each of the several hundred fields of the structure one by one? Or am i overlooking something (I have been known for this in the past)
Or (and I'll kick myself if this is the only way) do I just have to set option strict Off in the module and the code as above will actually work.
I would love to be able to just ditch the random access file but I have to keep it for compatibility with several other applications at this time.
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Sep 3, 2010
The application reads information similar to a DXF file. For purposes of discussion, the data consists of lines, those lines have endpoints, x1,y1,x2,y2. Within the file those lines create "paths", in other words, they are connected. There can be many separate paths within a single file. However in the original file, the geometry is not in any particular order, the paths are not indicated.
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