Need program to display .txt file contents as a scrolling window

[- Just Me -]

It's been 15 years since I did any Basic programming, so
I was wondering if I could get some help.

I want to display the contents of a .txt file in real-time
as the file is updated. I don't want to just copy the entire
contents, but only update the scrolling window with newly
added info which I can scroll back to see previous updates.

Anybody out there willing to take on this project?

Thanks

Big Fred

P.S. OS is Windows 2000

[Val Mehling]

On 8 Jan 2005 15:05:24 -0600, "- Just Me -" <[e-mail]> wrote:

It's been 15 years since I did any Basic programming, so
I was wondering if I could get some help.

I want to display the contents of a .txt file in real-time
as the file is updated. I don't want to just copy the entire
contents, but only update the scrolling window with newly
added info which I can scroll back to see previous updates.

Anybody out there willing to take on this project?

Thanks

Big Fred

P.S. OS is Windows 2000

Big Fred,
There are a number of details left out here (such as how the file will be
updated), but this may at least give you a starting point.

I used VB5 to try this out. Putting a Rich Text Box (RTB1) on Form1, I set the
scroll property for RTB1 to vertical, under Filename I entered
"C:\setuplog.txt" (the file just happened to be available).

The text file was shown in RTB1 even before I started the program, the window
does scroll and I can edit the text. Adding some code to save any changes
should be fairly easy.

Hope this at least gives you a starting point.

Val Mehling
valjm16@DELETE_THISearthlink.net

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