Thursday, November 29, 2012

Getting Data from Notepad File

Import Data From a Text File
Public Class Form1
    Dim Word(5) As String
    Dim X, y As Integer
    Dim inFile As IO.StreamReader
    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnGo.Click
        For y = 1 To 5
            'y=1 at first: the first word that is added to the listbox is Word(1)
            lstBox1.Items.Add(Word(y))
        Next y
        btnGo.Enabled = False
    End Sub
    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        ' This program reads 5 data Items
        'inFile opens the notpad file

        inFile = IO.File.OpenText("C:\Users\administrator\VB\spelling.txt")
        'this function loops around until there is no more data
        Do Until inFile.Peek = -1
            X = X + 1
            'Word(1) stores the first word; Word(2) stores the second word and so forth
            Word(X) = inFile.ReadLine
        Loop
        'you must close the file
        inFile.Close()
    End Sub
    Private Sub btnExit_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnExit.Click
        Me.Close()
    End Sub
End Class