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fox123 · Mar 20th, 2005, 5:34 AM

Hi. Does anyone know how make and use .DAT Files with VB?
I need to extract data from a data file and then placed this into a text box.
Any ideas?

Rory · Mar 27th, 2005, 3:45 PM

A DAT file is only a dat file if you name it one. It can be anything, in fact the DAT file is the traditionally generic thing used by programs all over the world.
I would suggest just using a UDT and random file access to start off with, which should be straightforward. Look it up on MSDN, or there is bound to be code to do exactly what you're after elsewhere.

Mar 20th, 2005, 5:34 AM	#1
fox123 Newbie Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 25 Rep Power: 0	Visual Basic 6.0 Help Hi. Does anyone know how make and use .DAT Files with VB? I need to extract data from a data file and then placed this into a text box. Any ideas?

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Mar 27th, 2005, 3:45 PM	#2
Rory Expert Programmer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: London Posts: 542 Rep Power: 4	A DAT file is only a dat file if you name it one. It can be anything, in fact the DAT file is the traditionally generic thing used by programs all over the world. I would suggest just using a UDT and random file access to start off with, which should be straightforward. Look it up on MSDN, or there is bound to be code to do exactly what you're after elsewhere.

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