Saving files in different format depending on filter chosen 1

[michelleDub]

hi,
I'm trying to save details from a VB application in two ways. Firstly as a .txt file which stores variable valuse which can be reloaded to the application from the text file.
however I would alos like the user to be able to choose to save the file as a html file which will save a table of the variables and their values.
I'm using the Common Dialog and I have a .txt and .html filters. I want the outputs for the save to be different depending on the filter type chosen. I know I could do this with an if statement with something like
'If (file type = html file) then
'Write ...............
'Else
'Write .............
'End If

If anyone knows how I can check the chosen filter for the if statement it would be great.
thanks
Michelle

 

[jebenson]

You can determine the filter selected with the CommonDialog's FilterIndex property. If you set up the filter like this:

CommonDialog1.Filter = "Text (*.txt)|*.txt|HTML (*.html)|*.html"

In this filter, text files (*.txt) have a FilterIndex of 1, and HTML files (*.html) have a FilterIndex of 2. The FilterIndex always starts at 1 and increments by 1 for each filter in the filter list. So, you could check like this:

If CommonDialog1.FilterIndex = 1 Then 'Text files
'save text file
ElseIf CommonDialog1.FilterIndex = 2 Then 'HTML files
'save HTML file
EndIf

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