Textbox and Date picker to .txt file...

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All really need is something that will take information in all text boxes and the date picker and put in on a notepad document and save it in a pre determined folder. The save should occure after hitting a button of course. (I'm kinda knew to VB)

(assume that text boxers are labled TextBox1, TextBox2, and etc. And date picker is label with the predetermined name)

I'm using VB 2010

Posted 16-Mar-12 7:05am

Alexh713

Updated 16-Mar-12 7:07am

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ProEnggSoft · Answer 1 · 2012-03-16T07:45:00

Alternative 1: Iterate all controls of the form and write the text of all the TextBoxes to a text file

VB

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) 
    Handles Button1.Click
    
    Dim StringBuilder1 As StringBuilder = New StringBuilder()

    StringBuilder1.Append(DateTimePicker1.Value.ToLongDateString() & vbCrLf)
    For Each Control1 As Control In Controls
        If TypeOf Control1 Is TextBox Then
            StringBuilder1.Append(DirectCast(Control1, TextBox).Text.Trim() & vbCrLf)
        End If
    Next
    'The file will be created in the Folder where the
    'executable file of this program is there.
    System.IO.File.WriteAllText(Application.StartupPath & 
            "\AllTextFile.txt", StringBuilder1.ToString())

End Sub

Alternative 2: Write the text of specified TextBoxes to a text file

VB

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) 
    Handles Button1.Click

    Dim StringBuilder1 As StringBuilder = New StringBuilder()

    StringBuilder1.Append(DateTimePicker1.Value.ToLongDateString() & vbCrLf)
    StringBuilder1.Append(TextBox1.Text & vbcrlf)
    StringBuilder1.Append(TextBox2.Text & vbcrlf)
    StringBuilder1.Append(TextBox3.Text & vbcrlf)
    'The file will be created in the Folder where the
    'executable file of this program is there.
    System.IO.File.WriteAllText(Application.StartupPath & 
            "\AllTextFile.txt", StringBuilder1.ToString())

End Sub

Richard.Berry100 · Answer 2 · 2012-03-16T08:44:00

Solution 2

Try something like this

VB

Using writer As IO.StreamWriter = new IO.StreamWriter(IO.Path.Combine("C:\myFile.txt"), True)
            writer.WriteLine("Text1: " & TextBox1.Text)
            writer.WriteLine("Date: " & DateTimePicker.Value.ToString)
End Using

Posted 16-Mar-12 8:44am

Richard.Berry100