help on a command that will only run on first start of program

[ooroboo]

this is my code

Private Sub Form1_load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

RichTextBox.LoadFile("C:\\filenotes", RichTextBoxStreamType.RichText)

End Sub


Private Sub Form1_FormClosing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As

System.Windows.Forms.FormClosingEventArgs) Handles Me.FormClosing

RichTextBox.SaveFile("C:\\filenotes", RichTextBoxStreamType.RichText)

End Sub


when i open my app it comes up with an error , because it trying to load a file that is not there , it there a 'runonce' command which will only run on the first ever run of the program ( a command to create the file "C:\\filenotes") . This would solve my problem

( the code is very basic generally because i'm new to vb)


thanks for your time / help

[kadghar]

when i open my app it comes up with an error , because it trying to load a file that is not there , it there a 'runonce' command which will only run on the first ever run of the program ( a command to create the file "C:\\filenotes") . This would solve my problem

( the code is very basic generally because i'm new to vb)


thanks for your time / help

A lazy solution will be adding

on error resume next

at the begining of the sub, so if it doesnt find the file, it'll skip that line, and wont stop the app.

I'd recomend you that also write

on error goto 0

in some point where you want the code to start showing you the errors again.

HTH

[Killer42]

It seems as though the more sensible approach would be to have your application's startup code check whether the file exists and if not, create it. That way, it won't matter whether it has been run before.