Import A Text File Into System?
Nov 23, 2009
We had a wierd problem at work.SOmeone at finance tried to import a text file into their system. It complained about the textfile was in unicode format. The file contains scandinavian . Apparently the ERP system that exported the file can only handle unicode.So one of our junior programmers wrote a batch program that line by line converted the unicode file to ascii (you can't choose encoding.ANSI because ANSI is byte array)
The files are rather big, about 3 GB in size.Apparently the system liked ASCII files, but sadly after this processing the and was gone and replaced with ?So, he wrote a new batch program, this time replacing m?nad with m�nad using String.Replace The file was opened using Encoding.Default and saved using Encoding.Ascii.Now the files HAVE AND can be imported. After he explained this to me, I just went . I wish I had some nifty "you should have done this... bla bla its much easier" but I am lost here in the jungle of code pages and encodings. Can someone that has their head screwed on straight enlight us *both* about why we had this problem and how it could be handled without writing the second batch program?
Basically unicode->non unicode (ascii) with the intact. I also noticed that if I use streamreader to read an ansi file with the internal strings will show ? instead.
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May 13, 2011
I need to take a bill of material file from a customer in xml format and import it into our system. The problem I'm running into is that the terms they use to describe the types of material may vary. So, for example, if they are specifying a piece of threaded rod, they may call it "THREADED ROD", "THREADEDROD", "THRD ROD", "THRD'D ROD" or some other variation. Another example might be rectangular tubing. They might call it "RECTANGULAR TUBING", "RECT TUBING", "RECT TUBE", etc. There will be many types of material besides these two that I need to catch. Once the program determines what the material is it then branches to the appropriate subroutine to do further parsing. I was trying to think of a way to use regex or the "Like" or "Contains" operators to do this. Here is one way I thought of using "Select ... Case" but it isn't very flexible & will only catch hard-coded terms:
Select Case material
Case "THREADED ROD", "THRD ROD" 'etc...
Case "RECTANGULAR TUBE", "RECT TUBE", "RECT TUBING" 'etc...
End Select
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Nov 28, 2010
trying to input a text file that's tab delimited that looks something like this.
2.2 5.6
3.7 9
1.2 9.1
[code].....
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Oct 17, 2011
Imports System.Data.Linq
Imports System.Data.Linq.Mapping
Imports System.IO.File
Module Module1
[Code]...
i have an issue with database connection or import of file. i use following settings / methods so far unsucessful. the content in the table calendar is just not being added. how can i find out why this wont work?
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Oct 31, 2009
I am trying to convert some old VB code (EXAMPLE 1) to VB.Net that opens up a text file and loads a text box line by line. I am really looking to replace the existing syntax. Note that I know I can import the whole file using EXAMPLE 2.[code]...
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May 22, 2010
how to import different lines of text from a text file in the same directory to different textboxes ?e.g. line one in text file to textbox1.text ect.
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May 20, 2009
I'm in the final stages of finishing a program I've been working on for nearly a year now, and this is basically my final hurdle. The Save dialogue is working beautifully, with 'flags' in order to switch it over from the regular input into text boxes to the Listbox input protocol.
[code]...
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May 18, 2011
I have a table into my database(Paydb) call additionPension. There is a textfile(AdditionPension.txt)on my c: drive. I want to import this text file into the additionpension table in my database.
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Apr 17, 2009
I have to read a file like this below , when my program reads @name what comes after it, goes to a textbox that is in my form.After the program reads @atributes, it goes in to another textbox and finally, when it reads the period it puts in another textbox.
[Code]...
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Apr 12, 2010
I am once again working on a project and have hit an absolute wall! Here is what I'm trying to do:
1. Create a Userform that has one textbox and one button.
2. Have the user enter text in the textbox and press enter.
3. Once enter is pressed have the form take the data they typed into the textbox and search a specific .txt file (beginning the search from bottom to top to find the most recent entry) until it finds a match.
4. Take the latitude and longitude to the right of the match and convert them to proper form. Right now my SQL provides live updates to the .txt file only the lat/lon come accross as |-112053440|33427640|, so I need to insert decimals in the correct places.
5. Either way, they type "c123" it will search until it matches that then take the latitude and longitude that is to the right of the match.
6. Convert the latitude/longitude into proper format because if it pulls the data as is it will appear as[urls]...
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Jun 11, 2010
I have used this method in php and now I want the same in vb.net, but I don't know how to do this.
In php it looks like that[code]...
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Mar 18, 2009
I know it is a no no to just ask for code, but I need someone to point me in the right direction...
where should i be looking for such a function:
I want to take the code that is in a text file [code]...
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Jun 21, 2011
I have been trying to import a tab delimited text file into excel and save it as a standard excel file. I have the following code
[Code]...
But whenever it opens the file, the entire row of data is brought into the first column. What am I doing wrong?
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Jun 18, 2009
I have an application with a listview which contains 3 columns (account, password, and a hidden column).
I have written some code to save the contents of the account and password columns in the format Account|Password.
Now I would like to be able to import text files into the listview. I was thinking about reading the text file then splitting it using Split("|") however I don't know how to put the variables in the seperate columns. Here is my code:
Dim accounts As String
Dim i As Integer
Dim aryTextFile() As String
[Code].....
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Apr 15, 2012
with importing text file to sql server using vb.net
here is my code
Dim ImportedFile As String
Dim ImportedLines() As String
[code].....
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Sep 6, 2011
When I set my checkbox to Yes, I want it to import the text in keywords.txt to txtKeywords multi-line text box.
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Mar 24, 2010
I need to open a text file, remove lines in the file that contain specific starting characters, and save the file back with a different file name, is this possible? The file contains a header record, detail records, and a trailer record. There are other records that I do not want in the file, this records have a specific starting character. I can open the file in VB, copy to another string variable, but cannot find out how to remove the lines I do not need and save the file.
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Apr 6, 2010
What is the best way to import a text file?I was thinking imports system.IO but I can't figure out how to use it.
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Jan 31, 2009
i m trying to import a text file using vb2008 text file have following information
288536 01/11/2008 06:46:59 00001061 00000006 3_1 3_1 INTR
663800 01/11/2008 07:04:25 00000045 00000001 3_1 6_29 TOLL
917490 01/11/2008 07:05:23 00000006 00000001 3_1 6_29 TOLL
[Code]...
when i convert date and time string into datetime type using atetime.parse(string) it run ok but when it reach to 4th row it show error, i think because "date" string is not in proper format (dd/mm/yyyy HH:mm:ss) how to eliminate this problem
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Mar 16, 2009
With the following imported namespaces in my project :
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports System.Reflection
.. I cannot add..
[code].....
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Dec 20, 2011
Is there anyone here who can help me with my problem in importing text file using vb.net and then after the importing, the imported data will be insert in sql server?
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Nov 11, 2009
I have Converted my code from VB6 to 2008 then I have got the below warning.
Warning 1 Variable 'a' is passed by reference before it has been assigned a value. A null reference exception could result at runtime.
The code is working but the results in sql server table is wrong due to this error.
CommonDialog1Open.ShowDialog()
Dim pathh As String
pathh = CommonDialog1Open.FileName
If cn.State = 1 Then cn.Close()
If rs.State = 1 Then rs.Close()
[Code] .....
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Jun 8, 2011
I am wanting to get information from a text file into different arrays.
My current text file has a new line for each driver but I would like it to look something like this
[code]...
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Feb 20, 2012
I want to import a text file(with comm separator)to sql express 2005 database using visual studio 2008
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Apr 29, 2009
I need code for the below one. If we give text file as input, and click on a button it should convert/import the text file to excel book.
here we also require a file browser button
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Nov 17, 2010
I have a txt file that is like below.
user1
user2
user3
[code].....
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Jan 23, 2012
When I set my checkbox to Yes, I want it to import the text in keywords.txt to txtKeywords multi-line text box.
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Jun 11, 2010
I want to import a text file into an array.I have used this method in php and now I want the same in vb.net, but I don't know how to do this.[code]
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Nov 10, 2009
I am trying to import a text file to an access database in VB2008 express. The text file I am testing with is a csv file with 34,000 records. The problem is this takes 2 minutes to read through all this and write it to the database. The actual text file I will be using in production has over 800,000 records and this will take a ridiculous amount of time. I think I am doing something wrong. I have posted my code below. I am reading a record, parsing out the fields to an array, then creating an SQL statement to insert the record and executing it.
reader = New IO.StreamReader(fname)
Do While reader.Peek() >= 0
linesread = linesread + 1
[Code].....
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Jan 31, 2009
i have a little problem. i m trying to import a text file using vb2008 text file have following information288536
[Code]...
when i convert date and time string into datetime type using datetime.parse(string) it run ok but when it reach to 4th row it show error, i think because "date" string is not in proper format (dd/mm/yyyy HH:mm:ss)how to eliminate this problem
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