How to create, edit, and delete a text file using Visual Basic 6?

[Acid_ICE24]

hi pips!

i'm working on a vb6 project right now and there's a part in it where i need to create a log file. anybody knows how 2 create a text file and then later on, edit or delete it?

i made some research and this is what i produced, so far:

Sub GenerateLog(vValue As Variant, sField As String)

Dim iFileNumber As Integer
Static iErrCtr As Integer

iErrCtr = iErrCtr + 1

iFileNumber = FreeFile
Open App.Path & "\HCFA_LOG.txt" For Append As #iFileNumber

If bLogCreated = False Then
Write #iF

ileNumber, "DATE: " & Format(Date, "MM/dd/yyyy")
Write #iFileNumber, "TIME: " & Format(Time, "hh:mm AMPM")
Write #iFileNumber,
Write #iFileNumber,

End If

bLogCreated = True

Write #iFileNumber, "Error #: " & iErrCtr
Write #iFileNumber, "GUID: " & sDocGUID

Write #iFileNumber, "Error in field: '" & sField & "'"
Write #iFileNumber, "Data: " & vValue
Write #iFileNumber,

Close #iFileNumber

End Sub

this works fine but i don't really like how the output looks (notice the quotation marks?). and everytime i call this sub, it doesn't overwrite the old one.

any kind of help is welcome.... thanks!

[Acid_ICE24]

anybody?

[Iturea]

Look Here: http://www.garybeene.com/code/visual%20basic.htm

[Acid_ICE24]

hey, thanks! :-)

[kid_headshot]

Ahh, I recently had the same problem as you, but in reverse.

I wanted to add data to my file every time, without overwriting what data already existed, as I was making a highscores list.

I was using the "OUTPUT" command instead of the "APPEND". If you're making a log file, you want the "OUTPUT" command. Just replace the word "APPEND" with "OUTPUT".

However, for the output command, your log file, HCFA_LOG.txt will need to already exist. If this is a problem, then perhaps you could use APPEND but also use the "kill" command to delete your text file upon opening your program each time?

EDIT: Oh yeah, and if you don't like the look of that the "write" command produces, use the "print" command in place of it. The print command doesn't store any data about strings or variables of any kind, so there are no quotations to separate variables. So, if it's just for the sake of its looks, use print.