Visual Basic game help

[Jeff]

Hi. I'm trying to make a game, and i need to know how to load a file to a rich text box and keep the line breaks.
This is how it is now:
1) Jeff 2) Jeff 3) DRM
This is how I want it to be:
1) Jeff
2) Jeff
3) DRM

Thanks in advance.

[wardrich]

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Private Sub [event name]()

Dim strNames As String
Dim strNames2 As String


Open "[filename.rtf]" For Input As #1
While Not (EOF(1))

Input #1, string1
Input #1, string2
input #1, string3
Wend

Close #1

End Sub

In your case, here's basically what it should look like...

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Private Sub [event name]()

Dim strNames As String
Dim strNames2 As String


Open "[filename.rtf]" For Input As #1
While Not (EOF(1))  
'While not EOF means WHILE NOT at the END OF THE FILE...

Input #1, string1
'In your case, string1 should be 1)Jeff
Input #1, string2
'In your case, string2 should be 2)Jeff
input #1, string3
'In your case, string3 should be 3)DRM
Wend

Close #1

End Sub

I think if you want the user to be able to click the choice and have it execute, your best choice would be to use a Listbox. Let me know if you need more help with this.

-Richard-

[Splodginator]

Add "\n" or (I think) "\n\l" or "\n\r", I forget which one is Windows.

[Jeff]

I want it to be more then one file. So they can export and inport their high scores. I'm using a Common Dialog to do this.

[wardrich]

to open multiple files, simply go

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Open "[filename.rtf]" For Input As #1 
Open "[filename.rtf]" For Input As #2
Open "[filename.rtf]" For Input As #3
While Not (EOF(1)) 

Input #1, string1 
Input #1, string2 
input #1, string3 
Wend 

Close #1 
Close #2
Close #3

End Sub

Just remeber to close each file that you open.


-Richard-

[Jeff]

k thanks

[wardrich]

no problem. Just keep posting in here if you have any VB problems. I <i>should</i> be able to help you with it.

-Richard-

[AngryDwarf]

Add "\n" or (I think) "\n\l" or "\n\r", I forget which one is Windows.

Im pretty sure thats only languages such as C,C++,C#,etc

[Jeff]

Vb is Vbclrf, I think

[barok_unlogged]

it's bad practise to open files as #1 or #2 or #3. instead, dimension a variable for each open statement. right before open, you have this:

openvariable = FREEFILE

freefile will get the next open number, so if you have #1 being used by another open statment and you try to open another file as #1, the program will crash. by having openvariable = freefile, it should prevent crashing.

[wardrich]

that's why you close it before another one tries to open it

[barok_unlogged]

freefile is da way to go. It just saves some trouble.