I can write a 1-d string array to file with:
Dim test() As String = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
File.WriteAllLines("C:MyFile.txt", test)
but can't see how to write a 2-d array to file.
I've tried this:
Dim test(,) As String = {{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, {34, 22, 12, 33, 55}}
Dim myfile = File.CreateText("C:MyFile.txt")
Dim row, col As Integer
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I'm reading a txt file into an array and then writing a new file one line at a time. The reason i'm using array is that i'm searching for a few lines that i want to find and replace.
However in my file I have some ascii characters but they aren't read well. I read something about System.Text.Encoding.Default but I don't know how to implement it in my code.
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Their is a problem whenever I want to write something to a text file. Please see the attatchement to see what happens when I'm debugging. I've put the code for writing to file right at the end of the program.Here is some of the code which shows how the program writes to and reads from the file:
Option Explicit On
'Force all variables to be declared.
Imports System.IO
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I have just recently been using VB 2010 after using VB5. I have noticed a lot of changes. The problem I have is that I wish to open and save text files to and from arrays in the background. I've attached what I would do in VB5. I have searched around, but all the examples I find use a Textbox instead of an array. Can anyone show me how I can do this with VB 2010?
View 3 Replieslock from reading/writing/copying a loaded XML file with XDocument.Load [VB 2010]?
View 1 RepliesI�m currently working on a school project and I have encountered a problem in my code. When i write the contents of my listbox to a file called stock.txt it seems write an invisible linebreak in-between each data entry, my problem is that when I load my array on the next form those invisible linebreaks causes my array to load the data incorrectly.
I have attached a pic of my stock.txt file
The Code that Edits and writes to stock.txt
Private Sub BtnRemove_Click(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles BtnRemove.Click
'Removes the selected item from the listbox then updates stock.txt
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I'm outputting a number of variables to a text file and each field needs to be in a specific place.For example:I have a string that is varying in length, but will never be more than 5 characters. The string has to end on the 8th character of the line. Is there a way to write the string to ensure that the string ends at a specific place on the line, regardless of the length?
View 4 Replieshow to read this file into my structured array. it's a 'quiz generator' program. i have a .dat file with a set of 10 questions, and i need to load it into my structured array:
vb
Structure testQuestion
<VBFixedString(100)> Public question As String
<VBFixedString(30)> Public choiceA As String
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I coded anything but I remember when using VB6 or Pascal/Delphi we used to define records/ structures with fixed length fields, then write those structures to a file knowing that they would always be the same length. You could then open a particular record within the file or simply find out how many records existed by reading the file length.From what I understand, it seems that such methods are depreciated in VB.NET and such structures are written as a stream.Does it now mean that we can define things like variable length strings and not need to worry about buffers or boundaries?Is it possible to read through such files and pick out individual records? Are there methods of determining how many records that exist in a file? What I'm looking to do is simply store multiple records of a structure in a file then retrieve them into an array so I can manipulate their order by sorting the array and search within the array. This is only a learning project so it is unlikely that the resultant array is going to be large, although if this is not generaly a good method of doing this then it might be interesting to fidn out what is. So far, I have read that they way to write a structure to a file is to "serialises" it and then write the bytes - is this correct?[code]
View 5 Replieswhat I have to do is read the 5 names inside the Sequential Access File and store them in an array. I'v encountered a problems in storing it in an array. Here's the code
Dim infile As IO.StreamReader
Dim names(4) As String
Dim filename As String = "names.txt"
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Theres an error in the code saying that a string cannot be converted into a one dimensional array.
I am trying to search for snippet for reading and writing ini files in visual basic .net.
View 3 RepliesMy app has a series of parameters that is to be stored in an external files. Eventhough the "parameter" file could be edited by the end user, I really don't care that much about what the user does to them.
So my two questions are, what is the most effeicent means of reading and writing a file and in what format should the file be in? When I say effeicent I mean, what utilizes the least amount of memory during the process, is fast, and disposable.
Example: XML, Text, something else. StreamReader / StreamWriter or what ever.
I have seen a few different ways of Reading/Writing Text files. What i am trying to achieve is a simple debug file in the most efficient way possible. Currently I have....
If System.IO.File.Exists(debugpath) = True Then
Dim Debugwriter As New System.IO.StreamWriter(debugpath, True)
Debugwriter.WriteLine(debugwrite)
Debugwriter.Close()
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1. Do I have to close and reopen the file each time I want to write to it.
2. In vbscript I would simply open the the file at the start of the script and close at the end is the same possible here.
I have a tab spaced txt file that looks somthing like this;
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I'd like to be able to read in the file and have a pop up message ask somthing like this; "Is cash1 for comp1 correct?" If yes ask about the 2nd line and if not ask what the real cash total is and then over write that to the file, then ask about the 2nd line.
i am working on a Yahtzee projeect for college and am struggling with reading and writing to a csv file the code i have to read the file works but only gets the first column and displays it on a line not as a list.
Private Sub HighScoreFrm_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
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the other criteria i have to work towards and wondering if anyone can help is to limit the amount of records to 10 so need to check what the lowest score is and if the current score is higher over write it,
I have created a small game for my son and after each game it tells him his score.all I want is to write the highscore to a file and have it open each time he begins a game..so he can see what his last score was. I dabbled with all this Io.file stuff and I just can not seem to get it to write to the file..also how do I work with app path in this case? I mean when the game is done and installed the current path of the save text would change.
View 6 RepliesI'm trying to write a program that will read a text file, and sort of filter out some things into some new files for myself. I have a website that I like to put information such as Artists, and songs for music. My website writes the Artist, and Song I input to one file on a new line in the format of (Artist - Song). The problem is it's gotten massive! I want to start organizing my artists, and songs anyway I come up with but I don't even know where to begin. To narrow it down I want to go into the file grab the artists name before the (-) and then write it to one file. After that I want to write everything after the (-) which is the songs to a different file. What file reading, and writing method should I use? As you might be able to tell I'm quite the noob.
View 7 RepliesI have Strings writen to a file.
But i then want VB to read the file, and input ALL the strings in that file into a ListBox.
how to read and write a text file in vb.net
View 7 Repliesfew weeks ago i heard my teacher say that it is possible to view any file as a binary array (1s and 0s). if this is possible to do in visual basic please let me know how. Also how would i go about writing an array of binary to a file? For example 01100001 in a .txt file would produce "a"
View 4 RepliesHow would a person read a line of a text file by the number of the line. In other words, if I wanted to get the 3rd line of the file, how could I store that third line in a variable. While I'm at it, I might as well also ask how to do the opposite, or write text to a specific line (in this case, writing over the other information on the chosen line).
View 2 RepliesOk so there is an XML file for a program that already exists that stores a list of files along with other information.I need to open this file and read the file names and then potentially add files to it if they DO NOT already exist in the file.It is very important that I not wipe the XML file and have to write it from scratch every time.
View 4 RepliesI am trying to write the TOURN structure and then read the TOURN structure back in.. the file gets created on my desktop and the program does not have any syntax errors, but when I READ the file none of the Data gets retrieved. So I am not sure if the DATA was actually saved or it is just not being retrieved?? This is what I have coded so far...
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I'm using visual basic 2008 express to do some simple stuff. For this project, Im reading in one large text file.The top of each page has a header section that is always the same, except sometimes a dept# changes, signifying a new set of data.The first line always has the text "RunDate", so when I read that, I know that I'm at the top of the first page.After reading the first line, I'd like to immediately go to the sixth line and grab that dept# and store it.dept = left(trim(myline,7)(Its always 7 characters long) so I know what dept I'm working on.I'll then loop through and write each line to a new text file, until I hit the top of a new page.At that point I need to look at line 6 again. if the dept # is the same, I'll keep writing to the same file.Reading and re-writing from the text files is easy, I just loop through line by line, but I need to be able to jump down to the 6th line, and I don't know how to do that without reading each line to that point"
View 2 RepliesThe program that I am writing has three default variables that I would like it to store and also be able to change. I have them in a text file called "settings.txt" The format of the text file is as follows:
Default Source "I:DCIM101MSDCF"
Default Destination "C:Documents and SettingsChristyMy DocumentsMy Pictures"
Default Backup Destination "D:My DocumentsBackupMy Pictures"
The field descriptions eg "Default Source" take up 30 characters, so the variable data starts with character 30. I know their has to be an easy way just to pull out the data from a particular line starting with character 30 but I can't find it.
I'm writing a program where there are text boxes and the user can enter info and append them to a text file as well as read from the text file and view the various entries in it. The problems I'm running into are that I have a button that opens an open file dialog box allowing you to select the file, and I want to get it to open the first entry of that file in the correct text boxes. the code so far looks like this
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I used to have this bit of code in there but there was a conflict with the .txt file being used more than once at the same time while it was in there.
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Im also having trouble writing to the file and I'm not sure why. I have an "Append" button that has this code in it
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and it comes up with the issue "object reference not set to to an object instance".
I have a 2 text files
Text file 1:
.ERR - Max6 Error file
[2 19.40 44.7] X6.950 Y-4.705 106.522, 222.048
Open -106.522, 222.048
[2 05.52 39.6] X7.720 Y5.010 214.550, 205.048, 101.078
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But it not writing anything as output..
I have a 3 text files
Text file 1:
.ERR - Max6 Error file
[2 19.40 44.7] X6.950 Y-4.705 106.522, 222.048
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From here i have to read the Node name which is MEM_B_DQ7.Then match node name with third file and get that node name group
Text file 3
NODE MEM_B_DQ7
PINS
I have a 2 text files
Text file 1:ERR - Max6 Error file
[2 19.40 44.7] X6.950 Y-4.705 106.522, 222.048 Open -106.522, 222.048
[2 05.52 39.6] X7.720 Y5.010 214.550, 205.048, 101.078 Open -214.550, 101.078
[2 07.69 39.2] X7.786 Y3.489 215.574, 214.075, 204.067
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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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