Article ID: 172267
Article Last Modified on 8/9/2004
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Learning Edition
- Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Learning Edition
- Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Enterprise Edition
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SUMMARY
This sample demonstrates how to do file input and output using Visual Basic. The sample creates a new database file and allows you to view, add, or delete records in this database.
The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:
For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services
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MORE INFORMATION
The techniques in this sample file can be used to view, access, and write to sequential, random, and binary files. After you download and run the self-extracting file, the following files are created:
- Fileproc.bas(4.30Kb)--The module containing Public Sub and Function procedures for opening files.
- Readme.txt--The readme file that contains the text of this article.
- Recedit.bas(309 bytes)--The module containing Public type definitions.
- Recedit.frm(13.4Kb)--The main form for the sample.
- Recedit.vbp(516 bytes)--The project file for the sample.
To Run This Project
- Start Visual Basic. The New Project dialog box appears.
- In the New Project dialog box, click the existing tab and go to the directory with the extracted files. Choose recedit.vbp.
- Press the F5 key to run the project.
For more information about file input/output, please see "Processing Files" in the Programmer's Guide.
Additional query words: Recedit Dir EOF FileCopy FileDateTime FileLen FreeFile GetAttr Loc LOF Seek SetAttr Close Get Input Input# Open Put Write Write#
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