I have only been working with VB for a week now and have worked thru all
the samples
ans stuff, so what  i want to do now is a simple program similar to
notepad.  All I want to do is use a CommonDialog control to open a txt
file.  I have the CommDialog control figured out, but from there I'm stuck.

My question:
What minimal controls do i need on page to put the txt file into
What code and where does the code go?

I know this is a simpl question, but we all start somewhere.........

Bob

Robert,

If you have reached the point where you have successfully retrieved a
filename from the common dialog then you are most of the way home.

I assume you have a form with a textbox set to multiline mode on it
ready to receive the text from the file.  I am going to assume that
the filename you got from the coomon dialog is contained in

CommonDialog1.Filename as this is normally where it would be

To get the text to the text box ....

Open CommonDialog1.Filename for Input as #1
Input #1, TextBox , LOF(1)

This will grab the whole file and put it in the text box

Then create a menu, (See menu in Help) starting with File/Load and
File/Save.  When you have done this you will find that VB has created a
couple of empty subroutines, Load and Save, which you can put your code
into.  That should do to be going on with!  Come back if you're stuck.
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Peter Hesketh, Mynyddbach, Gwent, UK
"Pas de lieu Rhone que nous",  Sam Lloyd