Outputting text to a file

[Ash Phillips]

Ok, I'm not sure how I can explain this but here goes.

I have this program that uses a ListView for entries. What I have the
program doing is taking all the items from the listview, and writing them to
an HTML document.

Well what I did in VB6 was get all the info from the listview in a loop
routine and write the HTML into a text box. When that was completed I then
exported all the text from that text box to an html file.

In VB .NET however, I have a problem where (I think, but am not 100% sure)
all the HTML code can't fit into a text box so I can export it to a file.

Is there any way I can open the file and just keep writing lines of text to
the file instead of doing it to a textbox then to a file?

Hope that made sense :\

Thanks in advance,
Ash

[Fabricio]

RE: Outputting text to a file

Try using a System.IO.Strea mWriter, like so:

-------------------------------------------------------------
Dim sw as System.IO.Strea mWriter;

sw = new System.IO.Strea mWriter("output .txt")

sw.WriteLine("A dd this to file.")
sw.WriteLine("A lso add this.")
sw.WriteLine("F inally, add this as well!")

sw.Close()
-------------------------------------------------------------

"Ash Phillips" wrote:
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> Ok, I'm not sure how I can explain this but here goes.
>
> I have this program that uses a ListView for entries. What I have the
> program doing is taking all the items from the listview, and writing them to
> an HTML document.
>
> Well what I did in VB6 was get all the info from the listview in a loop
> routine and write the HTML into a text box. When that was completed I then
> exported all the text from that text box to an html file.
>
> In VB .NET however, I have a problem where (I think, but am not 100% sure)
> all the HTML code can't fit into a text box so I can export it to a file.
>
> Is there any way I can open the file and just keep writing lines of text to
> the file instead of doing it to a textbox then to a file?
>
> Hope that made sense :\
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Ash
>
>
>[/color]

[Cor Ligthert]

Re: Outputting text to a file

Ash,

I don't see your problem as you do it as now. (Your textbox has than to be
in the multiline status, what is in fact a kind of different approach of the
textbox than the single line because it has vbcrlf at the end of a line)

However I don't see the reason why you bring it first to a textbox.
This should go in the loop direct as well.

And when you change it use than directly that streamwriter as Fabricio shows
you.

I hope this helps?

Cor

[Jorge Serrano [MVP VB]]

RE: Outputting text to a file

Hi Ash,

in VB.NET you can do it identical.
You have to use a loop taking the values inside of listbox and write line
per line into the html file.

Kind Regards,

Jorge Serrano Pérez
MVP VB.NET


"Ash Phillips" wrote:
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> Ok, I'm not sure how I can explain this but here goes.
>
> I have this program that uses a ListView for entries. What I have the
> program doing is taking all the items from the listview, and writing them to
> an HTML document.
>
> Well what I did in VB6 was get all the info from the listview in a loop
> routine and write the HTML into a text box. When that was completed I then
> exported all the text from that text box to an html file.
>
> In VB .NET however, I have a problem where (I think, but am not 100% sure)
> all the HTML code can't fit into a text box so I can export it to a file.
>
> Is there any way I can open the file and just keep writing lines of text to
> the file instead of doing it to a textbox then to a file?
>
> Hope that made sense :\
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Ash
>
>
>[/color]

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Re: Outputting text to a file

Ash,

"Ash Phillips" <ash@expwin.net > schrieb:[color=blue]
> Is there any way I can open the file and just keep writing lines of text
> to
> the file instead of doing it to a textbox then to a file?[/color]

File Access with Visual Basic Run-Time Functions:

Visual Basic Language Concepts -- File Access with Visual Basic Run-Time
Functions
<URL:http://msdn.microsoft. com/library/en-us/vbcn7/html/vbconProcessing Files.asp>

- or -

..NET Framework Class Library -- 'FileStream' Class
<URL:http://msdn.microsoft. com/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfSystemIOFi leStreamClassTo pic.asp>

..NET Framework Class Library -- 'StreamWriter' Class
<URL:http://msdn.microsoft. com/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemiost reamwriterclass topic.asp>

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M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>

[Ash Phillips]

Re: Outputting text to a file

wow, thanks everyone for your replies - I appreciate it :)


"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> wrote in message
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> Ash,
>
> "Ash Phillips" <ash@expwin.net > schrieb:[color=green]
> > Is there any way I can open the file and just keep writing lines of text
> > to
> > the file instead of doing it to a textbox then to a file?[/color]
>
> File Access with Visual Basic Run-Time Functions:
>
> Visual Basic Language Concepts -- File Access with Visual Basic Run-Time
> Functions
>[/color]
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..asp>[color=blue]
>
> - or -
>
> .NET Framework Class Library -- 'FileStream' Class
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<URL:http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...ystemIOFileStr
eamClassTopic.a sp>[color=blue]
>
> .NET Framework Class Library -- 'StreamWriter' Class
>[/color]
<URL:http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...ystemiostreamw
riterclasstopic .asp>[color=blue]
>
> --
> M S Herfried K. Wagner
> M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
> V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>
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