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Hello, guyz!

I need help on how to open a text file and read it line by line using VB6. What would be the codes?

I have searched the forum and found one but it uses VB.net. :-(

thanks!
Nov 14 '06 #1
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albertw
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Hello, guyz!

I need help on how to open a text file and read it line by line using VB6. What would be the codes?

I have searched the forum and found one but it uses VB.net. :-(

thanks!

hi

should be simple enough

try

Frn=FreeFile
open FileName for input as #Frn
While not EOF(Frn)
Line Input #Frn,p
.. do what you got to do with this line...
Wend
Close #Frn
Nov 14 '06 #2

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