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Hi,

I want to directly edit a large text file without creating a new one

Can anybody help ?

Kind regards,

Paul
Dec 12 '07 #1
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debasisdas
8,127 Expert 4TB
Kindly post how you attempted to do that.
Dec 12 '07 #2
QVeen72
1,445 Expert 1GB
Hi,

Are you using FSO or VB's I/O..?

To Edit, Normal Practice is, To Open a Source File and a New Dest File,
Read the Contents from FirstFile, Modify, And Save Contents To New File, Delete Original File, Rename New File with the Original name..

Regards
Veena
Dec 12 '07 #3
Killer42
8,435 Expert 8TB
I want to directly edit a large text file without creating a new one

Can anybody help ?
Sure. Use Notepad.
Dec 12 '07 #4

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