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   Message 8,976 of 10,840   
   Eric Mitchell to Rick Rothstein   
   Re: Listbox   
   12 Nov 04 15:36:23   
   
   From: surfbro80@cox.net   
      
   That's exactly what I needed, thanks!   
      
   -Eric   
      
   "Rick Rothstein"  wrote in message   
   news:UsSdnccYjJldmwjcRVn-ug@comcast.com...   
   > > I have a listbox that I want to populate with information from a text   
   > file.   
   > > For each index in the listbox, I want to load the next line of the   
   > text   
   > > file, until there are no more lines. I have the code to open and read   
   > each   
   > > line from the text file, but I cannot figure out a way to read a line,   
   > put   
   > > it into the listbox, then go to the next line and repeat the process.   
   > I know   
   > > it will have to use a For... Next loop, but can't get the   
   > configuration   
   > > right. Any help would be greatly appreciated!   
   >   
   > Usually it is a good idea to post the code that is not working as you   
   > expect (or that you have so far). That way, we can adapt our answers to   
   > your style of programming or even make suggestions of ways we might   
   > approach the problem differently. Without seeing your code, the best we   
   > can do is give you code and hope it makes sense to you or, if it   
   > doesn't, that you will try and read up on the parts that are unfamiliar   
   > to you.   
   >   
   > Dim FF As Long   
   > Dim LineOfText As String   
   > FF = FreeFile   
   > Open "c:\temp\Bi-Weekly Work Schedule (2009).txt" For Input As #FF   
   >   Do While Not EOF(FF)   
   >     Line Input #FF, LineOfText   
   >     '  If test makes sure you don't add a blank line   
   >     If Len(LineOfText) Then List1.AddItem LineOfText   
   >   Loop   
   > Close #FF   
   >   
   > Rick - MVP   
   >   
      
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