Import text file problem

[Frank]

Hello,

I have a fixed length text file that I want to import using c#.
I want to read each line and break it apart.
The problem is when I read a line, the data is not in a fixed position, so I
cannot substring it out.
The line ends with hex 0d 0a

If I open the file in Wordpad, it looks ok, all data lines up.

How can I resolve this?

Thanks

Frank

[Kevin Spencer]

I don't understand the question. The 2 characters you're referring to are
carriage-return and line-feed characters, the standard Windows newline
character combination. Beyond that, I don't know what you mean by "not in a
fixed position," "substring it out," or "lines up."

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
Professional Numbskull

Hard work is a medication for which
there is no placebo.

"Frank" <fa*****@verizo n.net> wrote in message
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Hello,

I have a fixed length text file that I want to import using c#.
I want to read each line and break it apart.
The problem is when I read a line, the data is not in a fixed position, so
I cannot substring it out.
The line ends with hex 0d 0a

If I open the file in Wordpad, it looks ok, all data lines up.

How can I resolve this?

Thanks

Frank

[Frank]

Thanks,

The substring values line up.
I was getting fooled because I was appending to a ListBox and that did not
line up.

Regards,

Frank
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"Kevin Spencer" <ke***@DIESPAMM ERSDIEtakempis. com> wrote in message
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I don't understand the question. The 2 characters you're referring to are
carriage-return and line-feed characters, the standard Windows newline
character combination. Beyond that, I don't know what you mean by "not in a
fixed position," "substring it out," or "lines up."

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
Professional Numbskull

Hard work is a medication for which
there is no placebo.

"Frank" <fa*****@verizo n.net> wrote in message
news:%2******** *******@TK2MSFT NGP04.phx.gbl.. .

Hello,

I have a fixed length text file that I want to import using c#.
I want to read each line and break it apart.
The problem is when I read a line, the data is not in a fixed position,
so I cannot substring it out.
The line ends with hex 0d 0a

If I open the file in Wordpad, it looks ok, all data lines up.

How can I resolve this?

Thanks

Frank