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Re: Replacing text in a text file with VB6

From "Nobody" <nobody@nobody.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.basic.visual.misc
Subject Re: Replacing text in a text file with VB6
Date 2011-02-08 20:12 -0500
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References <c45da097-c1e0-4972-bae0-cad00813ca40@s28g2000prb.googlegroups.com> <iis7k0$en6$1@speranza.aioe.org> <iisbch$ou4$1@news.eternal-september.org>

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"Mike Williams" <Mike@WhiskyAndCoke.com> wrote in message 
news:iisbch$ou4$1@news.eternal-september.org...
> "Nobody" <nobody@nobody.com> wrote in message 
> news:iis7k0$en6$1@speranza.aioe.org...
>
>> Also, VB doesn't have a truncate function, so you have to
>> recreate the file(For Output).
>
> You can however easily truncate a file in VB if you open it with the 
> CreateFile API function (specifying OPEN_EXISTING) and then use 
> setFilePointer followed by SetEndOfFile.

Yep! Sample code:

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.de.vb/msg/cf7935cd3b2bf06c

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Re: Replacing text in a text file with VB6 "Nobody" <nobody@nobody.com> - 2011-02-08 20:12 -0500

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