update textbox text?

[Getox]

i want to set the textbox text to what is in a file

so far i have

 

        Dim oFile As System.IO.File
       Dim oRead As System.IO.StreamReader
       oRead = oFile.OpenText("settings.ini")
       Me.homepage.Text(oRead)

but "Me.homepage.Text(oRead)" is wrong, can anyone help?

[mutant]

This depends on how much of the file you want to read. If you want to read the whole file then use the StreamReader's ReadToEnd() method, if you want a line then use the ReadLine() method, etc. If you are using INI files, you might want to take a look at this useful set of classes for working with INI files: http://www.codeproject.com/vb/net/VbNetClassIniFile.asp

[Getox]

well all that is in settings.ini is just a url to a site

Settings.ini:

http://www.trelio.com/

 

all i want to do is just make the text box show the contents of the settings.ini file

[Getox]

well i tried a diff way but it still dont work

        Dim oFile As System.IO.File
       Dim oRead As System.IO.StreamReader
       oRead = oFile.OpenText("settings.ini")
       homepage.AppendText(oRead)
       oRead.Close()

"Form4.vb(86): Value of type 'System.IO.StreamReader' cannot be converted to 'String'."

that line is "homepage.AppendText(oRead)"

[PlausiblyDamp]

Did you try Mutant's suggestion? You cannot simply use a StreamReader instead of a string - you need to call one of it's Methods to read from the file. Assuming homepage is a textbox try

       Dim oFile As System.IO.File
       Dim oRead As System.IO.StreamReader
       oRead = oFile.OpenText("settings.ini")
       homepage..Text= oRead.ReadToEnd()
       oRead.Close()

[Getox]

Did you try Mutant's suggestion? You cannot simply use a StreamReader instead of a string - you need to call one of it's Methods to read from the file. Assuming homepage is a textbox try

       Dim oFile As System.IO.File
       Dim oRead As System.IO.StreamReader
       oRead = oFile.OpenText("settings.ini")
       homepage..Text= oRead.ReadToEnd()
       oRead.Close()

Hey thanks that got it working :)

how would i make it just read the top line? or XX line ?

[kurf]

Check out the #2!

[Getox]

Check out the #2!

i would if i knew the readline stuff

but im new to .net!

 

http://www.trelio.com/readline.JPG

[PlausiblyDamp]

Did you even consider cheking MSDN or even the tooltips (or possibly the error message)? ReadLine doesn't take any parameters - it simply reads the next line from the file.

homepage..Text= oRead.ReadLine()