Modifying an existing text file

[thetallfulla]

Hi, I'm hoping someone can help me...

Is there any way in VB to modify a particular line of an existing text file without affecting the remainder of the file???

any help would be much appreciated,

Cheers

 

[chiph]

Thetallfulla -

If you want to insert stuff into a file (potentially making it larger or smaller), you will want to open the file in VB, read up to the point where you want to change the file, writing it out to a temporary file. Write your changes to the temporary file, then copy the remainder to it afterwards.

If the file isn't too big, you can read it into a string and modify it there before writing it back out.

Chip H.