Reading A textFile to a LAbel

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I took this code from an application I have been working on, I believe its what your looking for.

Each chapter/topic will need its own txt file, for instance Computer.txt.

Create a new folder inside of the solution folder, titled Resoruces, then add all the .txt files there.

Run the solution, go to Project \ Add Existing Item, choose files, then in properties window add them as Embedded.

Tell me what you think.

Chris




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Public Class Form1
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form

#Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "

Public Sub New()
MyBase.New()

'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
InitializeComponent()

'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call

End Sub

'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list.
Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
If disposing Then
If Not (components Is Nothing) Then
components.Dispose()
End If
End If
MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
End Sub

'Required by the Windows Form Designer
Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer

'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer
'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer.
'Do not modify it using the code editor.
Friend WithEvents treeInformation As System.Windows.Forms.TreeView
Friend WithEvents rtbInformation As System.Windows.Forms.RichTextBox
<System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent()
Me.treeInformation = New System.Windows.Forms.TreeView
Me.rtbInformation = New System.Windows.Forms.RichTextBox
Me.SuspendLayout()
'
'treeInformation
'
Me.treeInformation.Anchor = CType(((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom) _
Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left), System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)
Me.treeInformation.ImageIndex = -1
Me.treeInformation.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(0, 0)
Me.treeInformation.Name = "treeInformation"
Me.treeInformation.Nodes.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode() {New System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode("Information1", New System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode() {New System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode("Example1"), New System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode("Example2"), New System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode("Example3")})})
Me.treeInformation.SelectedImageIndex = -1
Me.treeInformation.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(176, 392)
Me.treeInformation.TabIndex = 0
'
'rtbInformation
'
Me.rtbInformation.Anchor = CType((((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom) _
Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left) _
Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right), System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)
Me.rtbInformation.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(176, 0)
Me.rtbInformation.Name = "rtbInformation"
Me.rtbInformation.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(384, 392)
Me.rtbInformation.TabIndex = 1
Me.rtbInformation.Text = "rtbInformation"
'
'Form1
'
Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13)
Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(560, 389)
Me.Controls.Add(Me.rtbInformation)
Me.Controls.Add(Me.treeInformation)
Me.Name = "Form1"
Me.Text = "Information"
Me.ResumeLayout(False)

End Sub

#End Region
Function GetResourceContent(ByVal filename As String) As String
' get the current assembly
Dim asm As System.Reflection.[Assembly] = _
System.Reflection.[Assembly].GetExecutingAssembly()
' resources are named using a fully qualified name
Dim strm As System.IO.Stream = asm.GetManifestResourceStream(asm.GetName().Name + "." + filename)
' read the contents of the embedded file
Dim reader As New System.IO.StreamReader(strm)
GetResourceContent = reader.ReadToEnd()
reader.Close()
End Function


Private Sub treeInformation_AfterSelect(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.TreeViewEventArgs) Handles treeInformation.AfterSelect
rtbInformation.Text = GetResourceContent(treeInformation.SelectedNode.Text & ".txt")
End Sub
End Class