Edit text file.

[Shawn]

I need to be able to open a file, search for a line of text and change the
line. I am able to use the streamreader to find the line, but can seem to
find a way to alter the line.

[I Don't Like Spam]

Shawn wrote:

I need to be able to open a file, search for a line of text and change the
line. I am able to use the streamreader to find the line, but can seem to
find a way to alter the line.

AFAIK, You will need to open a streamwriter and write out the entire
file with your altered text.

Chris

[Shawn]

Ahh, I never thought of that. Ok, I will try.

Thanks!!!

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Shawn wrote:

I need to be able to open a file, search for a line of text and change
the line. I am able to use the streamreader to find the line, but can
seem to find a way to alter the line.

AFAIK, You will need to open a streamwriter and write out the entire file
with your altered text.

Chris

[m.posseth]

steps to take

read the file in memory
alter the line
write the file back to disk ( overwite the original file for instance )

regards

Michel Posseth [MCP]

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I need to be able to open a file, search for a line of text and change the
line. I am able to use the streamreader to find the line, but can seem to
find a way to alter the line.

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

Michael,

read the file in memory
alter the line
write the file back to disk ( overwite the original file for instance )

I find that a dangerous operation, I advice forever first to rename the old
one (better put it in the temp), and after the succesful write delete that

:-)

Cor