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 StreamReaders 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 Mutants suggestion? You cannot simply use a StreamReader instead of a string - you need to call one of its 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 Mutants suggestion? You cannot simply use a StreamReader instead of a string - you need to call one of its 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!

[Broken External Image]:http://www.trelio.com/readline.JPG

 

[PlausiblyDamp]

Did you even consider cheking MSDN or even the tooltips (or possibly the error message)? ReadLine doesnt take any parameters - it simply reads the next line from the file.

homepage..Text= oRead.ReadLine()