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File Handling

This document contains code examples for performing various file handling operations in Visual Basic, including opening, reading, writing, copying, moving, and deleting files.

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File Handling

This document contains code examples for performing various file handling operations in Visual Basic, including opening, reading, writing, copying, moving, and deleting files.

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File Handling Exercises

Form design:

Codes:

Public Class frm1

Private Sub openFile_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As


System.EventArgs) Handles openFile.Click

OpenFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = "E:\DDAP2013\VBExercises\texts\"
OpenFileDialog1.Title = "Opening a file"
OpenFileDialog1.Filter = "Text Files|*.txt"
OpenFileDialog1.ShowDialog()

Dim objReader As New System.IO.StreamReader(OpenFileDialog1.FileName)


txt1.Text = objReader.ReadToEnd
objReader.Close() ' must be closed after use.
End Sub

Private Sub clearText_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As


System.EventArgs) Handles clearText.Click
txt1.Clear()
End Sub

Private Sub readByLine_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As


System.EventArgs) Handles readByLine.Click

Dim filename As String = "E:\DDAP2013\VBExercises\texts\sampletextforVB.txt"


Dim textline As String = ""
Dim linenum As Integer = 0

If System.IO.File.Exists(filename) = True Then

Dim objReader As New System.IO.StreamReader(filename)

Do While objReader.Peek() <> -1


linenum = linenum + 1
textline = textline & linenum & " " & objReader.ReadLine() & vbNewLine
Loop

txt1.Text = textline
objReader.Close() ' must be closed after use.
Else
MsgBox("File do not exist.")
End If

End Sub

Private Sub saveToFile_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As


System.EventArgs) Handles saveToFile.Click

Dim FILE_NAME As String = "E:\DDAP2013\VBExercises\texts\sampletextforVB.txt"

If System.IO.File.Exists(FILE_NAME) = True Then

Dim objWriter As New System.IO.StreamWriter(FILE_NAME, True) 'With true,


Append text, without overwrite.

objWriter.Write(txt1.Text)
objWriter.Close()
MsgBox("Text written to file")

Else

MsgBox("File Does Not Exist")

End If

End Sub

Private Sub saveToNewFile_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As


System.EventArgs) Handles saveToNewFile.Click

SaveFileDialog1.OverwritePrompt = True
SaveFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = "E:\DDAP2013\VBExercises\texts\"
SaveFileDialog1.Title = "Saving your file"
SaveFileDialog1.ShowDialog()
Dim FILE_NAME As String = SaveFileDialog1.FileName

Dim objWriter As New System.IO.StreamWriter(SaveFileDialog1.FileName, False)


'False, create new file if not exist
objWriter.Write(txt1.Text)
objWriter.Close()
MsgBox("Text written to file")

End Sub

Private Sub copyFile_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As


System.EventArgs) Handles copyFile.Click
Dim FileToCopy As String
Dim NewCopy As String

OpenFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = "E:\DDAP2013\VBExercises\texts\"
OpenFileDialog1.Filter = "Text Files|*.txt"
OpenFileDialog1.Title = "Choose a file to copy"
OpenFileDialog1.ShowDialog()

SaveFileDialog1.OverwritePrompt = True
SaveFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = "E:\DDAP2013\VBExercises\texts\"
SaveFileDialog1.Title = "Saving your file"
SaveFileDialog1.ShowDialog()

FileToCopy = OpenFileDialog1.FileName
NewCopy = SaveFileDialog1.FileName & ".txt"

System.IO.File.Copy(FileToCopy, NewCopy)
MsgBox("File Copied")

End Sub

Private Sub moveFile_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As


System.EventArgs) Handles moveFile.Click

Dim FileToMove As String


Dim MoveLocation As String

OpenFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = "E:\DDAP2013\VBExercises\texts\"
OpenFileDialog1.Filter = "Text Files|*.txt"
OpenFileDialog1.Title = "Choose a file to copy"
OpenFileDialog1.ShowDialog()
FileToMove = OpenFileDialog1.FileName

MoveLocation = OpenFileDialog1.InitialDirectory & "\movedfiles\" &


OpenFileDialog1.SafeFileName ' filename + extension

If System.IO.File.Exists(FileToMove) = True Then

System.IO.File.Move(FileToMove, MoveLocation)
MsgBox("File Moved")

End If

End Sub

Private Sub deleteFile_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As


System.EventArgs) Handles deleteFile.Click
Dim fileToDelete As String

OpenFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = "E:\DDAP2013\VBExercises\texts\"
OpenFileDialog1.Filter = "Text Files|*.txt"
OpenFileDialog1.Title = "Choose a file to delete"
OpenFileDialog1.ShowDialog()
fileToDelete = OpenFileDialog1.FileName

If System.IO.File.Exists(fileToDelete) = True Then


System.IO.File.Delete(fileToDelete)
MsgBox("File deleted")
End If
End Sub
End Class

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