Formatting VB Script

[kenm11]

Hello programmer's. I have the following VB script in VS2005, ASP.NET that writes sql data to a text file. Can someone help me understanding whether I can format the paydate and checkamt fields? Please see the two sample format problems below. I need to reformat certain values. Do I do the formatting in the Dim section or in the if not – then section or in the streamwriter section? Thank you.
Two Sample Format Problems:
1. Using the below VB script in asp.net the “paydate” is outputting to the checkfile.txt as 1/1/2010. I need to format it so it outputs as 1/1/10.

2. Using the below VB script in asp.net the “checkamt” is outputting to the checkfile.txt as 848.7000. I need to format it so it outputs as 848.70.

Dim
flag As 
Boolean
Dim ds As New 
DataSet
Dim da As New 
SqlDataAdapter
objComm = New SqlCommand("select * from tbl2txt", objConn)
objComm.CommandTimeout = 500
 ''The flag is to let me know which authentication response to issue
flag = False
da.SelectCommand = objComm
da.Fill(ds)
intFileNum = ds.Tables(0).Rows.Count
objConn.Close() 
If intFileNum > 0 Then 
flag = True 
'START CREATE THE OUTPUT FILE HERE  
'extract all fields out 1st, then format and write using the StreamWriter 
Dim sw As New System.IO.StreamWriter("c:\CheckFile.txt")
For Each dr As DataRow In ds.Tables(0).Rows
Dim Strpaydate As String = String.Empty
Dim Strcheckamt As String = String.Empty
Dim Strname As String = String.Empty
Dim Stradd1 As String = String.Empty
Dim Stradd2 As String = String.Empty
Dim Stradd3 As String = String.Empty
Dim Stradd4 As String = String.Empty
Dim Strpostcode As String = String.Empty
Dim Strinvno As String = String.Empty
Dim Strdocdate As String = String.Empty
Dim Strinvoiceamt As String = String.Empty
Dim Strvendor As String = String.Empty
Dim Strcheckno As String = String.Empty
Dim Strsname As String = String.Empty
Dim StrGrp As String = String.Empty
Dim StrGroupName As String = String.Empty
'Make sure the value coming back from the DataBase is Not Null. If it has value then write it using the StreamWriter to the text file. WriteLine makes a new line for each entry 
 If Not IsDBNull(dr("paydate")) Then Strpaydate = (dr("paydate"))
If Not IsDBNull(dr("checkamt")) Then Strcheckamt = Format(dr("checkamt"))
If Not IsDBNull(dr("name")) Then Strname = (dr("name"))
If Not IsDBNull(dr("add1")) Then Stradd1 = (dr("add1"))
If Not IsDBNull(dr("add2")) Then Stradd2 = (dr("add2"))
If Not IsDBNull(dr("add3")) Then Stradd3 = (dr("add3"))
If Not IsDBNull(dr("add4")) Then Stradd4 = (dr("add4"))
If Not IsDBNull(dr("postcode")) Then Strpostcode = (dr("postcode"))
If Not IsDBNull(dr("invno")) Then Strinvno = (dr("invno"))
If Not IsDBNull(dr("docdate")) Then Strinvno = (dr("docdate"))
If Not IsDBNull(dr("invoiceamt")) Then Strinvoiceamt = (dr("invoiceamt"))
If Not IsDBNull(dr("vendor")) Then Strvendor = (dr("vendor"))
If Not IsDBNull(dr("checkno")) Then Strcheckno = (dr("checkno"))
If Not IsDBNull(dr("sname")) Then Strsname = (dr("sname"))
If Not IsDBNull(dr("Grp")) Then StrGrp = (dr("Grp"))
If Not IsDBNull(dr("GroupName")) Then StrGroupName = (dr("GroupName"))
'Now write to the streamwriter, adding a space between the values 
sw.WriteLine(Strpaydate + " " + " " + Strcheckamt + " " + Strname + " " + Stradd1 + " " + Stradd2 _" " + Stradd3 + " " + Stradd4 + " " + Strpostcode + " " + Strdocdate + " " + Strinvoiceamt + " " + Strvendor _" " + Strinvno + " " + " " + Strcheckno + " " + Strsname + " " + StrGrp + " " + StrGroupName)
Next
 
'Clean Up 
sw.Flush()
sw.Close()
 
'Clean Up 
objConn.Dispose()
ds.Dispose()
da.Dispose() 
End If

[dglienna]

Much easier way:

http://idunno.org/archive/2004/14/01/122.aspx