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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / Reading from a .txt file

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FieldDoc
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Posted: 18th Jun 2003 00:21
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If I write a paragraph in Notepad and save it as a .txt file, how could I print to the screen what is in that file in my game using DBPro?
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MrTAToad
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Posted: 18th Jun 2003 00:24
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It depends :

A) If you saved as an INI file, you can use my plug-in to read a line
B) Alternatively, you can open the file, read a byte or a string at a time, and then print

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FieldDoc
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Posted: 18th Jun 2003 00:26
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What's an INI file and would it be easier to use that?

How do I know how many strings are in the file? I take it you have to press enter after each line?

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MrTAToad
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Posted: 18th Jun 2003 00:36
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An INI file just holds initialisation data in the format of :

[header]
var=something
...
INI files (despite Microsofts attempts to get rid of them) are very useful, and to be honest, should be used instead of the registry commands.

I would think you would need to press return (or have some other end-of-line marker) to make sure that each string is read on its own
Once (possible) an empty string is returned, you've hit the end of the file.

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ICERGB
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Posted: 21st Jun 2003 12:21 Edited at: 21st Jun 2003 12:27
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dim snoggle$(100)
load array "bisquik.txt",snoggle$(0)
repeat
inc a
print snoggle$(a)
until snoggle$(a+1)=""

wait key

MrTaToad is very excellent in memory data and could kick my butt in programming any day...
I think maybe he is just to caught up in data right now or somethin.

Could be C++ or visual-basic burnout...
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Posted: 21st Jun 2003 20:18
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Hope not...

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