writing to files

i can understand how to write to files, but the thing is that i want to write it plain.. when u write a string to a file, it closes it in quotes. i dont want that to happen, becuase when the file is opened in notepad, it has the quotes. is there a way to take the EXACT text from a textbox in the form and write it, and it only, directly to a .txt file??

thanks,
jared

Actually, if you save a string to a text file using input, it does NOt contain the quotes. Quotes means "it's a string". For example:

Dim a as string
a = "This has quotes at the end"
Me.Caption = a

Does the form's caption have quotes at the end? :p

Are you using Write #file_num to write text in your text file? If you do and you do it this way:
Write #1, "Johny"
then it will include the quotes, You can use Print #file_num to write the contents of your textbox to your file,like this:
Print #1, texbox.text

sorry, YuanHao, but thats not what i mean, perhas i was not clear enough... yes, i was using Write#. i will they the other.. thanks!

- jared

o, one more thing.. is there a way to cut off the new line at the end?

Print #1, "hey"

returns:

"hey
(newline)"




can i cut that off??

thanks,
jared

really? weird... :confused:
It should only display hey (no quotes). Can you post part of your code where you call Print # or the part of your code in writing to files?

o, one more thing.. is there a way to cut off the new line at the end?

Print #1, "hey"

returns:

"hey
(newline)"




can i cut that off??

thanks,
jaredPrint #1, "hey";

the quote problem is fixed, but it has the new line. i understand that visual basic automatically adds a new line to the output, but is there a way to stop it?

- jared

Maybe you should use FileSystemObject

Dim f As New Scripting.FileSystemObject
Dim fs As f.CreateTextFile
f.WriteAll Text1.Text
Close f

I think thats right anyway... ;)

the quote problem is fixed, but it has the new line. i understand that visual basic automatically adds a new line to the output, but is there a way to stop it?

- jaredIf your print statement has a semicolon [;] at the end, the newline characters are suppressed. Try this code for a test of the output.Private Sub Form_Activate()
Open "C:\TempTest.txt" For Output As #1
Print #1, "This is my test string! - ";
Print #1, "This is my test string!"
Close #1
End SubWhen you open the file in notepad, you'll find both pieces of text on the same line and a CR/LF at the end of the file.

Thats the same with QBasic, for anyone who knows it.

Thats the same with QBasic, for anyone who knows it.That goes all the way back to Interpretive BASIC Level I and Level II as found on the Radio Shack Model I computers c. 1978 and I suspect before that.