get line of file

[Gurk]

hallow al

in my program you can save and open files, he save file is OK
if the user clickes save, it saves the titel of the project he created(and
lots more in the future).

the titel is at the first line of the saved file.

but how can i open thet file, so it gets the first line, and places the text
on the caption of the form.

for example he opens a file named my project, in the file the first line is
worksheet.

so a form has to open with caption worksheet

the opening of the file is no problem, i'm using a common dialog so the user
can choose of saved projects.

thank you all

Maarten

[Rick Rothstein]

Re: get line of file

> in my program you can save and open files, he save file is OK[color=blue]
> if the user clickes save, it saves the titel of the project he[/color]
created(and[color=blue]
> lots more in the future).
>
> the titel is at the first line of the saved file.
>
> but how can i open thet file, so it gets the first line, and places[/color]
the text[color=blue]
> on the caption of the form.
>
> for example he opens a file named my project, in the file the first[/color]
line is[color=blue]
> worksheet.
>
> so a form has to open with caption worksheet
>
> the opening of the file is no problem, i'm using a common dialog so[/color]
the user[color=blue]
> can choose of saved projects.[/color]

The CommonDialogBox does not "open" the file selected by your user; it
simply returns the path and filename of the user's selection. You need
to use the Open statement to "open" the file.

FF = FreeFile
Open CommonDialog1.F ileName For Input As #FF

Then read in the first line using the Line Input statement

Line Input #FF, SomeVariableToS toreFileNameIn

If you need other lines from the file, you can continue using the Line
Input statement to read them. When finished, remember to close the file.

Close #FF

Rick - MVP

[Raoul Watson]

Re: get line of file


"Gurk" <gurkjaan@hotma il.com> wrote in message
news:4148225d$0 $4131$ba620e4c@ news.skynet.be. ..[color=blue]
> hallow al
>
> in my program you can save and open files, he save file is OK
> if the user clickes save, it saves the titel of the project he[/color]
created(and[color=blue]
> lots more in the future).
>
> the titel is at the first line of the saved file.
>
> but how can i open thet file, so it gets the first line, and places the[/color]
text[color=blue]
> on the caption of the form.
>
> for example he opens a file named my project, in the file the first line[/color]
is[color=blue]
> worksheet.
>
> so a form has to open with caption worksheet
>
> the opening of the file is no problem, i'm using a common dialog so the[/color]
user[color=blue]
> can choose of saved projects.
>
> thank you all
>
> Maarten
>[/color]

And after what Rick said, you can do:

' if you need to display different forms
If lineread = "Journal" then Journal.Show
If lineread = "Games" then Games.Show
..
....e t c

If you have a generic form and just need to change the title:

myForm.Caption = lineread
myForm.Show