Saving items from an array

[jesse07]

I have a program that allow the user to populate an array from a listbox. I want to save the material. I have transferred the items to an Excel worksheet where they can be saved, but my goal is to have the program run independently from any other programs. Should I save the different rows from the array to a .dat file?

What is the best way to save the information? I want to give the user an opportunity to save in the middle of the process and at the very end, so I was thinking of a simple get put statement.

Example:

lstClass(1 To 25, 1 To 25)

1. Save each class in as 1 file.
2. Have it easily exported (in a clean format to an Excel document or other spreadsheet)
3. Print out an overview of each class with their students.

[Killer42]

It's quite simple to write your data out to a file. The extension you use is really up to you - DAT is certainly one possibility. Probably the simplest thing is just to dump everything in one go, each time the user says to save. In other words, overwrite your file each time, with the complete set of information.

By the way, what version of VB are you using?

[jesse07]

It's quite simple to write your data out to a file. The extension you use is really up to you - DAT is certainly one possibility. Probably the simplest thing is just to dump everything in one go, each time the user says to save. In other words, overwrite your file each time, with the complete set of information.

By the way, what version of VB are you using?

Im using 6.0. Is .dat the file extention that most people prefer to work with. I am trying to put the finishing touches on my program and have a long term goal of putting it in a hand held device to run independtly, so any suggestion you have on saving or how I start my next process. I would appreciate it. I have it working through a tranfer data to excel, but again- Independent is the goal.