by Patrick Daniel (4 Submissions)
Category: Files/File Controls/Input/Output
Compatability: Visual Basic 3.0
Difficulty: Beginner
Date Added: Wed 3rd February 2021
Rating: 
(8 Votes)
This code consists of 2 Function (ReadFile and WriteFile). All you have to do is Point ReadFile to a filepath and it will return the text within that file. Write file recieves a filepath and the string value to save to it. They include simple error handling..and can easily and quickly be advanced to handle open and save dialogs.
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Public Function ReadFile(strPath As String) As Variant
On Error GoTo eHandler
Dim iFileNumber As Integer
Dim blnOpen As Boolean
iFileNumber = FreeFile
Open strPath For Input As #iFileNumber
blnOpen = True
ReadFile = Input(LOF(iFileNumber), iFileNumber)
eHandler:
If blnOpen Then Close #iFileNumber
If Err Then MsgBox Err.Description, vbOKOnly + vbExclamation, Err.Number & " - " & Err.Source
End Function
Public Function WriteFile(strPath As String, strValue As String) As Boolean
On Error GoTo eHandler
Dim iFileNumber As Integer
Dim blnOpen As Boolean
iFileNumber = FreeFile
Open strPath For Output As #iFileNumber
blnOpen = True
Print #iFileNumber, strValue
eHandler:
If blnOpen Then Close #iFileNumber
If Err Then
MsgBox Err.Description, vbOKOnly + vbExclamation, Err.Number & " - " & Err.Source
Else
WriteFile = True
End If
End Function
