How to extract data from a text file using VB6?

[Sandesh Pradhan]

The content of the text file look something like this :

CONTINUATION TEXT 0002

PATIS/00977PATISC/NEPCBK1V7131058 3/013 10-06-01 10:32:46
7724 NetM NETMPATN 2937/08564

REGISTRATION POINT: BHK1424 ORIGIN OBJECT:
RGPT TYPE: DOUBLE DESTINATION OBJECT:

TRA TIM CALL NUMBER DURATION NUMBER OF A-SIDE B-SIDE
GRP GRP DURATION OF CALLS BEF.ANSWER SEIZURES CHARGES CHARGES
---+---+----------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------
1 1 123 856 0 0 0 0
INTERRUPTION TEXT JOB 7724



>>>>>> I want to extract Registration point: value(single string) and the number values below in the same line in text and/or excel sheet as below for the whole file.

BHK1424 1 1 123 856 0 0 0 0

I would be very grateful if some VB expert would lend me some advice.


Thanks !!
Sandesh

[Rodney Roe]

Here's somethingyou can use

Const ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2, ForAppending = 8
Dim fs, f as object

Public Sub getInfo()
Dim firstVal, finalVal, strContents As String

Set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set f = fs.OpenTextFile("fullpath", ForReading) 'put full path of text file in place of FullPath

Do Until InStr(1, strContents, "REGISTRATION POINT") = 1
    strContents = f.readline
Loop
firstVal = Mid(strContents, 21, 7)
Do
    strContents = f.readline
Loop Until InStr(1, strContents, "+") >= 1  'this is assuming that the numbers allways follow the line with the + signs
strContents = f.readline
finalVal = firstVal + " " + strContents
End Sub

[Rodney Roe]

Sorry i forgot to add this to the end of the vbcode,

f.close
set f = nothing
set fs = nothing