Text File Read and Display

Hi gurus...

I have a text file with following contents:
"abc", 123, xyz
"lmn", 345, qrs
"abc", 999, asd

I want to display "abc", "lmn", "abc" in a combo list box... and when clicked on "abc" from the list box, I wanna be able to display the correspondeing text such as "123, xyz" into a picture box or a textbox.

Any ideas as to how i can link the first part of a line in a text file with the rest of the line?

Looking for some code.. Much much appreciated.

[n]Shaikh
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First you need to read the whole file into string (ReadFileStr), then you need to separate the string into individual line (Tokenize, GetToken), finally you need to use the mid$ function on individual string.

get those function (ReadFileStr, Tokenize, GetToken) from

http://vblib.virtualave.net

private sub form_load()
dim Str1(100) as string, str2(100) as string, str3(100) as string, str as string
dim arr
dim filenum as long
dim cnt as integer
filenum=freefile
open "data.txt" for input as #filenum
cnt = 0
do while not EOF(filenum)
line input #filenum, str
arr = split(str,",")
str1(cnt)=arr(0)
combo1.additem str1
str2(cnt)=arr(1)
str3(cnt)=arr(2)
cnt = cnt+1
loop
end sub

private sub combo1_click()
dim indx as integer
indx = combo1.listindex
text1.text = str2(indx)
text2.text = str3(indx)
end sub

Another way to do this

option Explicit
Dim Arr1(10) as string
Dim arr2(10) as string

private Sub Combo1_Click()
Text1 = Arr1(Combo1.ListIndex)
Text2 = arr2(Combo1.ListIndex)
End Sub

private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim Temp as string
Dim X as Integer
Open "C:\VB Stuff\Things to Look at\Test.txt" for input as #1
Do Until EOF(1)
input #1, Temp, Arr1(X), arr2(X)
Combo1.AddItem Temp
X = X + 1
Loop
End Sub




John G

Thank you so much guys/gals... you all are great! btw, your ratings just went up! : )

[n]Shaikh
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