How do a tell VB to get the first record in a text file that I opened for
input.
A EOF loop executed so the file is still at the last record, how can I tell
VB to go to the first record of that file?

Sorry if this sounds like a stupid question but I am still new to
programming

Regards
Jackie

Hi,

What is the format of the file? Is it comma delimited? Send a few lines of
the text file so that you get accurate help.

Regards,
    Tony

<SNIP>

You have opened the file giving it a 'filenumber'.  Use that number in:

Seek #<filenumber>, 1

LFS

On a sequential file ?  Seek requires a Binary open, right?

--

Randy Birch, MVP Visual Basic

http://www.mvps.org/vbnet/
http://www.mvps.org/ccrp/

| You have opened the file giving it a 'filenumber'.  Use that number in:
|
| Seek #<filenumber>, 1
|
| LFS
|

| >
| > How do a tell VB to get the first record in a text file that I opened
for
| > input.
| > A EOF loop executed so the file is still at the last record, how can I
tell
| > VB to go to the first record of that file?
| >
| > Sorry if this sounds like a stupid question but I am still new to
| > programming
| >
| > Regards
| > Jackie

If you open a file for sequential input, as it sounds you have, then read
past a line you later want to re-read, you'll need to close and reopen the
file, start at the beginning again, and reread the file until you get to the
line of interest.

--

Randy Birch, MVP Visual Basic

http://www.mvps.org/vbnet/
http://www.mvps.org/ccrp/

| How do a tell VB to get the first record in a text file that I opened for
| input.
| A EOF loop executed so the file is still at the last record, how can I
tell
| VB to go to the first record of that file?
|
| Sorry if this sounds like a stupid question but I am still new to
| programming
|
| Regards
| Jackie
|
|

Not so:

    Open "c:\autoexec.bat" For Input As 1
    Text1 = Input(LOF(1), 1)
    Seek 1, 1
    Text2 = Input(LOF(1), 1)
    Close

Perfectly legal.

LFS

great.  never use sequential anymore, so good info to know.

--

Randy Birch, MVP Visual Basic

http://www.mvps.org/vbnet/
http://www.mvps.org/ccrp/

| Not so:
|
|     Open "c:\autoexec.bat" For Input As 1
|     Text1 = Input(LOF(1), 1)
|     Seek 1, 1
|     Text2 = Input(LOF(1), 1)
|     Close
|
| Perfectly legal.
|
| LFS
|
| >
| > On a sequential file ?  Seek requires a Binary open, right?
| >
| > --
| >
| > Randy Birch, MVP Visual Basic
| >
| > http://www.mvps.org/vbnet/
| > http://www.mvps.org/ccrp/

| >


| > | You have opened the file giving it a 'filenumber'.  Use that number
in:
| > |
| > | Seek #<filenumber>, 1
| > |
| > | LFS