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RAzR Creations · May 3rd, 2006, 7:29 PM

:banana: ok i am making a chore program but uh yah say i have a textbox and i want to be able to save the text in it so it wont change when i turn it off and back on so it will still be in the textbox what do i do?? :banana:

Booooze · May 3rd, 2006, 7:47 PM

You will have to write the text to a file, which is quite easy:

To write:

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Open "c:\file.txt" For input As #1
print #1, "hello"
Close #1

To read:

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Open "c:\file.txt" For Output As #1
Do While Not EOF(1)
Line Input #1, data
List1.AddItem data
Loop
Close #1

that should do it for ya. Just copied it out of an old project of mine. Look up a tutorial on reading and writing to files for a more in depth look.

RAzR Creations · May 3rd, 2006, 8:32 PM

when i use the first code it says bad file mode

OpenLoop · May 3rd, 2006, 8:51 PM

To read, open for input. To write, open for output. He just got'em backward. I'm sure if you even read the code instead of copy 'n paste, you would've seen it.

Booooze · May 4th, 2006, 12:22 AM

lol, my bad. it was a while back. I did have to edit them a bit. bah. owell, all is good :banana: I thought the read code was right as I pulled it out of a program that I still use. surprisingly, I compiled it with the code as 'input' but never save it so it still read output.

RAzR Creations · May 4th, 2006, 7:26 AM

oh well it still wont put the text from the textbox into the text file

Booooze · May 4th, 2006, 12:30 PM

did you edit it a bit? you didnt just copy and paste did you. Because list1.additem isnt what you want. I'm looking at it now dude, if you make the small shanges yourself you should get this:

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'write
Open "c:\file.txt" For Output As #1
    Print #1, "hello2"
Close #1
'read
Open "c:\file.txt" For Input As #1
    Do While Not EOF(1)
        Line Input #1, Data
        Text1.Text = Data
    Loop
Close #1

That works.

RAzR Creations · May 4th, 2006, 7:53 PM

what is the code to hide the program to the taskbar

Booooze · May 4th, 2006, 8:21 PM

Check your other post, and perhaps PM a mod to delete the other one.(looks like you created it twice)

DaWei · May 4th, 2006, 8:40 PM

Quote:

what is the code to hide the program to the taskbar

What does that mean?

May 3rd, 2006, 7:47 PM	#2
Booooze Expert Programmer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Igloo Posts: 710 Rep Power: 3	You will have to write the text to a file, which is quite easy: To write: (Toggle Plain Text) Open "c:\file.txt" For input As #1 print #1, "hello" Close #1 Open "c:\file.txt" For input As #1 print #1, "hello" Close #1 To read: (Toggle Plain Text) Open "c:\file.txt" For Output As #1 Do While Not EOF(1) Line Input #1, data List1.AddItem data Loop Close #1 Open "c:\file.txt" For Output As #1 Do While Not EOF(1) Line Input #1, data List1.AddItem data Loop Close #1 that should do it for ya. Just copied it out of an old project of mine. Look up a tutorial on reading and writing to files for a more in depth look.

May 4th, 2006, 12:30 PM	#7
Booooze Expert Programmer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Igloo Posts: 710 Rep Power: 3	did you edit it a bit? you didnt just copy and paste did you. Because list1.additem isnt what you want. I'm looking at it now dude, if you make the small shanges yourself you should get this: (Toggle Plain Text) 'write Open "c:\file.txt" For Output As #1 Print #1, "hello2" Close #1 'read Open "c:\file.txt" For Input As #1 Do While Not EOF(1) Line Input #1, Data Text1.Text = Data Loop Close #1 'write Open "c:\file.txt" For Output As #1 Print #1, "hello2" Close #1 'read Open "c:\file.txt" For Input As #1 Do While Not EOF(1) Line Input #1, Data Text1.Text = Data Loop Close #1 That works.

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May 3rd, 2006, 7:29 PM	#1
RAzR Creations Programmer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: orange park Fl Posts: 53 Rep Power: 3	neeed major help with a code :banana: ok i am making a chore program but uh yah say i have a textbox and i want to be able to save the text in it so it wont change when i turn it off and back on so it will still be in the textbox what do i do?? :banana:

May 3rd, 2006, 8:32 PM	#3
RAzR Creations Programmer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: orange park Fl Posts: 53 Rep Power: 3	when i use the first code it says bad file mode

May 3rd, 2006, 8:51 PM	#4
OpenLoop Expert Programmer Join Date: May 2005 Location: East Lansing, MI Posts: 663 Rep Power: 4	To read, open for input. To write, open for output. He just got'em backward. I'm sure if you even read the code instead of copy 'n paste, you would've seen it.

May 4th, 2006, 12:22 AM	#5
Booooze Expert Programmer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Igloo Posts: 710 Rep Power: 3	lol, my bad. it was a while back. I did have to edit them a bit. bah. owell, all is good :banana: I thought the read code was right as I pulled it out of a program that I still use. surprisingly, I compiled it with the code as 'input' but never save it so it still read output.

May 4th, 2006, 7:26 AM	#6
RAzR Creations Programmer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: orange park Fl Posts: 53 Rep Power: 3	oh well it still wont put the text from the textbox into the text file

May 4th, 2006, 7:53 PM	#8
RAzR Creations Programmer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: orange park Fl Posts: 53 Rep Power: 3	what is the code to hide the program to the taskbar

May 4th, 2006, 8:21 PM	#9
Booooze Expert Programmer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Igloo Posts: 710 Rep Power: 3	Check your other post, and perhaps PM a mod to delete the other one.(looks like you created it twice)

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