Writing to a text file.

[Iceman]

I am logging things to a file but when I kill the app and
restart it, all the other logging is gone. How can I
prevent this form happening?

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* "Iceman" <an*******@disc ussions.microso ft.com> scripsit:

I am logging things to a file but when I kill the app and
restart it, all the other logging is gone. How can I
prevent this form happening?

.... by posting the code you use for writing the file.

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[Tom Leylan]

"Iceman" <an*******@disc ussions.microso ft.com> wrote...

I am logging things to a file but when I kill the app and
restart it, all the other logging is gone. How can I
prevent this form happening?

It sounds like your app is overwriting the file rather than appending to the
end of it.

[Iceman]

Here you go...

Private Sub logchange(ByVal source As Object, ByVal e As
System.IO.FileS ystemEventArgs)

If e.ChangeType = IO.WatcherChang eTypes.Changed
Then

txt_folderactiv ity.Text &= vbCrLf & strUser
& " on " & strComputer & " - File " & e.FullPath & _
" has been modified - " & Now()

SaveTextToFile
(txt_folderacti vity.Text, "c:\Log.txt ")

End If

If e.ChangeType = IO.WatcherChang eTypes.Created
Then

txt_folderactiv ity.Text &= vbCrLf & strUser
& " on " & strComputer & " - File " & e.FullPath & _
" has been created - " & Now()

SaveTextToFile
(txt_folderacti vity.Text, "c:\Log.txt ")

End If

If e.ChangeType = IO.WatcherChang eTypes.Deleted
Then

txt_folderactiv ity.Text &= vbCrLf & strUser
& " on " & strComputer & " - File " & e.FullPath & _
" has been deleted - " & Now()

SaveTextToFile
(txt_folderacti vity.Text, "c:\Log.txt ")

End If

End Sub

Public Sub logrename(ByVal source As Object, ByVal e
As System.IO.Renam edEventArgs)

txt_folderactiv ity.Text &= vbCrLf & strUser & "
on " & strComputer & " - File " & e.OldName & _
" has been renamed to " & e.Name & vbCrLf

SaveTextToFile
(txt_folderacti vity.Text, "c:\Log.txt ")

End Sub

-----Original Message-----
* "Iceman" <an*******@disc ussions.microso ft.com> scripsit:

I am logging things to a file but when I kill the app and restart it, all the other logging is gone. How can I
prevent this form happening?

.... by posting the code you use for writing the file.

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[Armin Zingler]

"Iceman" <an*******@disc ussions.microso ft.com> schrieb

I am logging things to a file but when I kill the app and
restart it, all the other logging is gone. How can I
prevent this form happening?

Open the file in the Append mode.

If you use Microsoft.Visua lBasic.FileSyst em.FileOpen, pass OpenMode.Append
as the 3rd argument.

If you create a System.IO.FileS tream object, use System.IO.FileM ode.Append
as the file mode.

In addition, each time you write to the file, you should open the file,
write, and close it. If you don't close it after writing, some information
might be lost when the application is killed.
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[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* "Iceman" <an*******@disc ussions.microso ft.com> scripsit:

SaveTextToFile
(txt_folderacti vity.Text, "c:\Log.txt ")

Please post the code of the 'SaveToFile' method!

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