VB Redirection

[keenanbr]

is it possible the redirect standard input in VB. I want to take the input from a file instead of the keyboard

 

[Jooky68]

I dont know what you mean by redirect standard input. But if yoru asking to read something in from a file instead of keyboard, sure you can. What are you trying to do? Sorry if I totally misread this post.

 

[keenanbr]

the program expects input from the keyboard. I want it to take the input from a file instead. on a unix system i would simply run a program like this; program_name < file_name. How can i do this in VB

 

[Jooky68]

You can use the fso (file system object) to read in information from a file and than use that as the input. I am not really clear on what you need to do with the information.

you need to include microsoft scripting runtime as a reference scrrun.dll i believe it is.

is this what you want? let me know if you need to know more about the fso and its function. If you can be a little more clear on what you need to do i might be able to be more helpful.

 

[TonyJollans]

Hi keenanbr,

I'm fairly sure the answer to your question is no, but if you find a way I'd love to hear of it - I could certainly make use of it.

Enjoy,
Tony