using the Replace function on a file with many lines of text

[CWebster]

I can successfully use the Replace function when there's only one line of text. However, using it over a large document only ever returns the top line, and only the top line.

For example, take this:
________________
Hi there
My name is Colin
________________

When I replace "Colin" with "Fred", all I get is:
________________
Hi there
________________


Any ideas?

 

[CajunCenturion]

Can you post the code - I'm not convinced that the problem is in the Replace function.
Good Luck
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As a circle of light increases so does the circumference of darkness around it. - Albert Einstein

 

[CWebster]

I've just checked something - it's to do with the way that I load the text file into my program. I use:

Input #1, File

What do I use to get the whole file?

I guess I could Line Input everything into an array then check each line of the array....is there a better way?

 

[CajunCenturion]

Dim InFile as Integer
Dim OutFile as Integer
Dim InString as String
Dim OutString as String

InFile = FreeFile
Open <Input File> for input as #InFile
OutFile = FreeFile
Open <Output File> for output as #InFile

Do While EOF(InFile) = False
Line Input #InFile, InString
OutString = Replace(InString, &quot; Colin &quot;, &quot; Fred &quot
Print #OutFile, OutString
Loop

Close #InFile
Close #OutFile
Good Luck
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As a circle of light increases so does the circumference of darkness around it. - Albert Einstein

 

[CWebster]

That looks like it should work Cajun, but only one question: I'm writing TO and FROM the same file - is it still possible the way that you write it?

Not having tried it, and being a novice, I reckon that it wouldn't as we're asking VB to open it for input and output at the same time. Is this where Random comes into play?

 

[CajunCenturion]

If you're dealing with standard text files, then no, you cannot read and write to the same file. But you can do the process as shown above, then do the following:

Kill <input filename>
Name <output file> as <input file>
Good Luck
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As a circle of light increases so does the circumference of darkness around it. - Albert Einstein

 

[CWebster]

Thanks for your help, I'll go give it a try.

It's actually a HTML file that I will want to be changing eventually, if that makes a difference.

Colin