Read Next Line for Check only

[mohan.r1980]

Hello Friends,

I am reading text file and i just want to check what next line contain
but cursor location should not change

e.g.
currently i am reading Line No. 5 (Using ReadLine Function)
now i want to check what Line No. 6 contain
after checking i want to read Line No. 6 (but my cursor location goes on 7th Line)

In Short is it possible to move the current cursor (ReadLine) to Previous line
In short i want to read a single Line twice (Move cursor Backward and forward)

Here is my Code

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[AlphaFrog]

In Short is it possible to move the current cursor (ReadLine) to Previous line
In short i want to read a single Line twice (Move cursor Backward and forward)

You cannot move the line pointer backwards in Open file For Input mode. It reads sequentially and forward.

You could read each line and keep track of the previous line with another variable. Something like this...

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Alternatively, you could Read the first line, Store the pointer position, Read the next line, close and reopen the same file. Then read up to the stored pointer position.

Also, there are the two other modes; Open for Random Access and Binary. Both have advantages and disadvantages and are a little more complicated. Do a web search for something like VB File Access "Random Access" Binary mode for several useful step-by-step guides. This one looks helpful.
FILE HANDLING USING VISUAL BASIC 6.0 PART I

[mohan.r1980]

hi AlphFrog,

i already tried this solution

[Grul]

Hi Mohan.

You could try reading the lines of the file into an array first.
Then you could access any line at any time.

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