VS 2010 Storing / Reading / Updating An XML File?
Apr 3, 2011
I have an application that gathers data from a SQL database that is used by a 3rd party helpdesk application.My application is pulling out information of the number of hours worked by each engineer for the current and previous 2 months.Also as part of this process, my application works out the target hours for each of those months.
My application has 3 groupboxes whose label is generated at runtime. My application gives the Groupbox1.text the name of the current month, Groupbox2.text the name of the previous month, and Groupbox3.text the name of the month before that (e.g. Mar, Feb, Jan).
What I am trying to do is have 2 text boxes for each month where I can enter the number of engineer holidays taken and the number of public holidays if any. I want to store these values in an XML file, and I guess they need to be stored to match the Groupbox text (i.e. Mar, Feb, Jan).
When the application starts, I need to parse that XML file and re-populate the text boxes with those number of days - BUT if the month has moved on, so that the Groupboxes are now called Apr, Mar, Feb then I want the Mar and Feb data to be loaded, and I want the XML file to be updated so that Apr is added and Jan is removed from it.I want the XML file to keep the current and previous two months figures only.
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Feb 9, 2011
what 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"
[Code]....
Theres an error in the code saying that a string cannot be converted into a one dimensional array.
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Apr 29, 2012
I am using VS 2010 and I want to read the Text File values and place them into variables. This is my code
Me.OpenFileDialog1.FileName = Nothing
If Me.OpenFileDialog1.ShowDialog = System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then
Me.TextBox2.Text = Me.OpenFileDialog1.FileName
filename = Me.TextBox2.Text
End If
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I am unable to move pointer to next line.
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Jun 13, 2011
I'm trying to read data from a text file with multiple records and fields separated by tabs to store into arrays, which I later want to output into a textbox on the form. The problem is that with the code I've written, when I debug it it exits the sub procedure when it enters the first loop where the parser is reading the text file. There are no error messages, it just exits? I'm not even sure if what I've written is possible. Here's what I've written so far:
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Jun 13, 2011
I have a bar cash register and have buttons for the drinks and number pad. In the program I have it working and it is reading the File and storing it in a Array. the problem i have is writing back to the part of the textfile. Here is 2 of the drinks buttons, all the rest of the drinks are the same.
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Jun 3, 2010
The following function copies a file from Source & Path to Dest & Path, normally setting file attributes to normal before copying.Yet, a user of my app has reported it to fail when copying readonly files, returning a permissions-related error. The user is however running the code as administrator, and the error happens - quite strangely - on the SetLastWriteTimeUtc line.Although the code reports that the file attributes are set to normal, windows explorer shows that they are set to read only.
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Feb 6, 2012
I am trying to store 8 separate pieces of information in a text file (like a database) [but not a SQL database], consisting of integers and strings. How would I use an array to do this? Will an array collect data from text boxes (I also want to display the 8 pieces of information in separate boxes). also how would I save the text file so I can open it again or open a different text file (database?), from within the program?
EDIT: I see I need to use readline and writeline to read/write from a text file but how would I find specific data to show in my boxes?
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Jun 22, 2011
In the program I'm working on, there is a 'sign-in' form that pops up for the user to enter first name, last name, and DOB. What I want to do is STORE that information in a text file for FUTURE use by the program (i.e. displaying a list of all previous users of the program).I already know how to use streamwriter to write text to a file, but I would like for the text file to be stored within the program files and also for a new user's data to be appended to that file every time.
Do I simply add the text file to the project files? When I do that, its path is 'My Documents'. How will that affect the program when I publish it? I guess I just don't yet understand what happens when the program is finished and published. The code for the 'Submit' button on the sign-in form is pasted below. At the bottom, I've put a comment to indicate where I want to store the data to a file.
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim TxtBox() As String = {TextBox1.Text, TextBox2.Text, TextBox3.Text}
For i As Integer = 0 To 2
If TxtBox(i) = Nothing Then
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Jun 28, 2011
Here is what I would like to do:
- Store string data from a 'sign in' form into a text file. This text file must be one that is saved even after the user exits the program. The text file must also be one that will stay with the program even after it is published (executable).
- Be able to write to/read from the file for purposes of displaying some or all of that data on a form.
I use an Application Setting to do this - of type 'Specialized String Collection'. I tried this, but for some reason I could not get it to work. It was a good idea, but I need to be able to SEE the data that has been saved, and with a setting it seems like that is not easily done. I've decided that I either need to use a simple text file or a 1-table database for this. I would prefer just a text file, but in either case, it needs to be part of the .exe when published.
I have added a text file to my project, but I am not sure if it will be "included" in the project when I publish it. The path of the file I've added is in 'My Documents', but in my code, I will have to specify the path in order to use Streamwriter. How will this affect the program when I publish it? I felt the need to make a new thread because on my last one we had been mainly talking about settings, and I've decided that isn't the best option for me.
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May 18, 2011
I am trying to retrieve a 'tag'(Is it called that?) from an XML webpage. Once I make a post request from my vb.net app it sends a command to my online webserver and redirects me to a page that has entries that change each time. The page that im redirected to that changes each time looks something like this:
<mainpage> <id>hello</id> <random>176</random> </mainpage>
What vb.net code would I use to retrieve the id (In this case 'hello') and store it in a variable.
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Oct 23, 2010
I'm trying to create a program that will append a new line of text in a text file embedded in the programs resources.... this is what i've tried:
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Aug 8, 2011
I'm using the WebClient class' OpenWriteAsync function, and I'm having a little trouble with it. I want it to write some information to a .txt file I have uploaded on my FTP. I made it display a message after it has completed doing so, and the message does indeed pop up.However, I've checked my .txt file numerous times, and it hasn't actually been e Here's some of my
Dim otherclient As New WebClient()
AddHandler otherclient.OpenWriteCompleted, AddressOf WriteCompleted
otherclient.OpenWriteAsync(New Uri(URL))
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Feb 16, 2012
I am developing an application toolbar to be used with our companys CAD software and I have this portion of it Reading the lines of a text file into various comboboxes and such. However, if there are only 12 lines in the text file when I click a button to update and apply the new information i get an error because the file is already open. I need to figure out how to make sure its closed before WriteAllLines kicks in.
Imports System.IO
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
If System.IO.File.Exists("c: emp est2.txt") Then
Dim theFile As String = "c: emp est2.txt"
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Jul 15, 2010
working with data in VB.NET, and the easiest method seems to be XML, since ini isn't supported. So I tried but couldn't find a way to read XML attributes and then replace/update them if needed. So for example I have this XML File:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Entries>
<Entry1 font="Arial.ttf" R="255" G="255" B="255" effect="Stroke"></Entry1>
<Entry2></Entry2> - In the same format
</Entries>
How do I load those as strings, for example I want to write them to a file later, and I use the code:
sw.WriteLine("Font")
But instead I want to load the attribute from Entry1, instead of loading it from pre-defined variables. one more thing I want, when the user clicks a button to update an attribute (Font for example) to the current textbox text.
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Aug 23, 2010
How do you read the data from a file on the computer? I have an mp3 stored on my root folder and I want the form to read the raw data from it so I can do some encryption etc.
Dim fileOpen As New IO.StreamReader("C:file.mp3")
Dim stream As String = fileOpen.ReadToEnd
TextBox1.Text = stream
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Apr 14, 2011
I have the following code under my button: [code] It is supposed to open "Database.bin", search the file for whatever the user types into SearchBox (a text box), and add to DisplayBox (a list box) every line of that file that contains the string the user searched. [code]
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Dec 19, 2010
I have a text document with the content:
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Now, I want to put the "1.hi" in a TextBox1 and "2. all" TextBox2 and the "3.lol" IN TextBox3 and finally the "4.blabla" in the TextBox4 Just split the document into text boxes.
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Apr 15, 2011
I am using the following code to parse a XML file of mine:
Dim xml As String = "<?xml version=""1.0"" encoding=""Windows-1252""?>" & _
"<theref:theref-msg xmlns:csr=""http://www.xxxxx.com/Schema/csr""
xmlns:theref=""http://www.xxxxx.com/Schema/theref"">" & _
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Jul 9, 2010
I am having such a hard time reading a XML File!!! And I believe this is quite simple.I have to read the following XML:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<RadioAdvertisement>
<Campaign>
<OrderList>
<Order>
[Code]...
This code will create several tables in the dataset: one of them is "Adv" table, which contains ALL "adv"s from BOTH "orders". This is not what I want.I can handle this by just reading it as a text file - line by line... But I believe this is not the correct way to do this, since there are many tools in VS to do this (right?) ... and also, maybe I can learn something from this "chalange" This is when I ask for your support. How can I do this the "correct way"?
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Nov 14, 2010
I want to put a function that reads a text file and put it in textbox1. I used this code to read the last line
Textbox1.text = Io.file.readalllines("C:c.txt").last
but I want it to read the third line.
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Apr 21, 2010
I have a text file saved with url's to some music files, example below:
C:musicmusic1.mp3
C:musicmusic2.mp3
C:musicmusic2.mp3
And I would like this text to be placed into a Binding Source that will be read by a Listbox.
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Mar 16, 2011
creating a vb application that reads info from a xml file and displays the content onto a form.here is the content of the xml file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<Book>
<Chapter title = "Introduction">
</Chapter>
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Nov 12, 2011
how 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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Dec 3, 2011
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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Dec 14, 2011
So i have one file, that has one header that tells me if the bytes are in little or big endian format.The content of the file after the file is something like this, one byte that indicates a new "section", then several bytes until the other "section". This bytes each one represent the number of the bytes that i need to read in the second section.
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May 23, 2011
Here's what i've got so far, i've written all of the data that i'm going to put into my config file, however i'm having trouble reading the specific string values that I need from that ini file. The parts of the ini lines I want to get are the values in between the I've tried using streamreader a couple things but i'm having trouble figuring that out. I need to parse each line of the ini file to get that value in between the single quotations, so that I can set the value for my richtextbox background and text color as well as a few other things that i've set up in my notepad including tab spacing and so on. lots of these different values need to be converted from a string value to integers, and boolean values as well. (4 of them, the rest of them don't have to be changed because they are already string values when my application reads them to determine it's application load settings.
EDIT: I just noticed in the preview that this is from the version of the app where I had streamwriter write "______ value=" & Something to a file. lol some of the (')s are still in this version, so please excuse that little part. I had them in, but took them out so that I could trim data to get a value easier, but I want to use (')s hopefully when all is said and done.For example, just to restate what I want - in the ini file it will read [setting name] value='VALUE'I want to be able to "get" the string value of "VALUE" within the ini file between the 2 single quotations '
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May 13, 2012
I have a code that writes down # and the date, for example:#5/13/2012..Into a text file. The thing I need is to be able to do something like this:[code]Cal is the file that I want to read.DaySel is a date/time picker.
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Jul 18, 2010
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?
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Apr 22, 2010
I am a bit of a newbie when it comes to vb.net and databases and I have a small favor to ask anyone I am looking for a very basic example on how to connect, read, update and insert data into remote mysql database. I have successfully connected to my database with the code below,, and for the moment I am just trying to LIST data from it in a listview control,, and then would like to find a way to insert data into it and update data.
Al examples I find on the net are too long and usually have too many unnecessary data around the code I need so I get a bit lost in it.Can anyone point me in the direction of SIMPLE examples that are easy to follow or provide a bit of useful code I could learn form.
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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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