Visual Basic

[B14d3r11]

Im trying to learn Visual Basic to make a single program, i have some coding knowledge but none of Visual Basic. Im not going to ask for all the features at once im going to ask in parts and see what i can/can't figure out.

1. File Browse
Im trying to make it so when you click the Browse Button, it allows the person to find the location of the file. And then when selected it saves the file location like C:\Games\Random.txt

[Phygar]

FileDialog Class

If you don't know what this is I suggest you first learn about classes.

[B14d3r11]

Like i said, I don't Know Visual Basic, also I learn better when not shown a wall of text but told in steps how to declare the FileDialog Class. Cause i am reading through that link you sent me, im not seeing how i can make Filedialog appear upon button click

Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click

    End Sub

So can you assist me in this seeing how i can't find a tutorial on this. If i did i wouldn't be asking for assistance.

[Phygar]

Check the examples at the bottom first and see if that answers any of your questions. I'm going to bed now so I won't be able to give you any other info till tomorrow

[sitnspinlock]

don't start with .net

start with c or c++

[B14d3r11]

Im sorry, this is actually easier for me which is kind of confusing but with what Phygar told me to do, i got that working. Im just trying to make the Read Only Textbox1 change depending on what i select so if i select Random.txt with

Private Sub button1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        Dim myStream As Stream = Nothing
        Dim openFileDialog1 As New OpenFileDialog()

        openFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = "c:\"
        openFileDialog1.Filter = "txt files (*.txt)|*.txt|All files (*.*)|*.*"
        openFileDialog1.FilterIndex = 2
        openFileDialog1.RestoreDirectory = True

        If openFileDialog1.ShowDialog() = System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then
            Try
                myStream = openFileDialog1.OpenFile()
                If (myStream IsNot Nothing) Then
                    ' Insert code to read the stream here.
                End If
            Catch Ex As Exception
                MessageBox.Show("Cannot read file from disk. Original error: " & Ex.Message)
            Finally
                ' Check this again, since we need to make sure we didn't throw an exception on open.
                If (myStream IsNot Nothing) Then
                    myStream.Close()
                End If
            End Try
        End If
    End Sub

I want it to show C:\Games\Random.txt in the read only Textbox1

[2dgreengiant]

You want the box to display thhe text 'C:\Games\Random.txt' or whats in that text file?

[B14d3r11]

Yes I want the box to display the text of 'C:\Games\Random.txt' aka the files address

[B14d3r11]

So far, no success with my attempts. I am making progress though, i got the default layout for the program it looks nice for a V1 Release, now i just need to code it >.>

[Phygar]

Look at how to use the FileOk event FileOk Event

You need to make a new FileDialog, and make a method to handle the FileOk event. In that method, you can have it read the text from the file as a string. You should be able to easily find out how to do that with google.