I am working on a "Monster Buddy" Program. All it does is gets information on a monster I search for. Here is my current source.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Imports System.IO

Imports System.IO.File



Public Class Form1





   Private Sub btnSearch_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnSearch.Click

       Dim oFile As System.IO.File

       Dim oRead As StreamReader



       'Get Text File

       oRead = oFile.OpenText("c:\\monsters\" & Me.txtSearch.Text.ToLower & ".txt")

       Dim monstername As String

       Dim combatlevel As String

       Dim weakness As String

       Dim maxHit As String



       'Monster Name (Line 1)

       monstername = oRead.ReadLine

       Me.lblMonsterName.Text = monstername



       'Combat level (line 2)

       combatlevel = oRead.ReadLine

       Me.lblCombatlvl.Text = combatlevel



       'Weakness (line 3)

       weakness = oRead.ReadLine

       Me.lblWeakness.Text = weakness



       'Max Hit (line 4)

       maxHit = oRead.ReadLine

       Me.lblMaxHit.Text = maxHit



   End Sub

End Class

 

Text in "man.text"

 

 

 

 

Bob

 

Combat 12

 

Poop

 

60

 

 

It gets each item and puts it in the correct spot.[/hide]

 

 

 

That is just a basic set up. I don't plan to use those categories. I have to use separate text files for each monster. 100+ text files is a lot tbh.

 

 

 

Is there a way to put everything in 1 text file then have it locate the information in the file then start from it?

 

 

 

(well I know there is, but I don't know how =p)

 

 

 

~~bballer

I would guess you would put descriptive names in the text file, have matching names in a dropdown list, and have a loop statement that finds the file, and reads off the information, pasting it in a listbox. It would have to iterate through the loop a certain number of lines (for i=1, i <= 4, i++), which would fit your example)...Trying to think of the code for it, but I can't seem to remember..

 

 

 

You could try looking at http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?p=2316263. I took at look at the code and got confused, but then again I was looking at it in Notepad++ and not through VB.

 

 

 

http://www.ostrosoft.com/vb/projects/textfind.asp

 

 

 

Maybe I'll try something like this in Java, but for WoW. Seems like a good project that would encompass quite a few different elements.

I am not much a VB man myself but i am sure Clare could help you with this one.

The quickest way to do this is to make a sort of text file array, each line contains all the data for each entry separated by something like |, here's an example:

 

 

 

Bob|Combat 12|Poop|60

 

Fred|Combat 88|Whoop|70

 

 

 

You could read it all in a loop until EOF, loading the details into an Array, I don't have time to write you any code right now but if I get the chance, I will knock something up later on.

Time to beat Clare to the mark, lol.

 

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    Dim FileName As String = "C:\monsters\master.txt"

   Dim MonsterArray(3, 1000) As String

   Dim PossibleMatches(3, 100) As String



   Private Sub cbxMatches_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cbxMatches.SelectedIndexChanged

       lblName.Text = PossibleMatches(0, cbxMatches.SelectedIndex)

       lblCombat.Text = PossibleMatches(1, cbxMatches.SelectedIndex)

       lblWeakness.Text = PossibleMatches(2, cbxMatches.SelectedIndex)

       lblMaxHit.Text = PossibleMatches(3, cbxMatches.SelectedIndex)

   End Sub



   Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

       'Get Text File

       Dim sBuffer As String

       Dim ArrayBuffer(3) As String

       Dim Count As Integer = -1

       Dim Count2 As Integer = 0

       FileOpen(1, FileName, OpenMode.Input)

       While Not EOF(1)

           Count += 1

           sBuffer = LineInput(1)

           ArrayBuffer = Split(sBuffer, "|")

           For i = 0 To 3

               MonsterArray(i, Count) = ArrayBuffer(i)

           Next

       End While

       FileClose(1)

       For i = 0 To Count

           If MonsterArray(0, i).ToLower = txtSearch.Text.ToLower Then

               For t = 0 To 3

                   PossibleMatches(t, Count2) = MonsterArray(t, i)

               Next

               cbxMatches.Items.Add(PossibleMatches(0, Count2))

               Count2 += 1

           End If

       Next

       If Count2 <> 0 Then

           cbxMatches.SelectedIndex = 0

           lblName.Text = PossibleMatches(0, 0)

           lblCombat.Text = PossibleMatches(1, 0)

           lblWeakness.Text = PossibleMatches(2, 0)

           lblMaxHit.Text = PossibleMatches(3, 0)

       End If

   End Sub

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That fills an array with possible matches as well as uses the format of file Clare reccommended.

 

 

 

Of course I bet Clare will come up with something better/easier.

No that's pretty much what I was going to do :geek: .

 

 

 

I was also going to show the method of reading and writing to files using ini format, this may be a bit more flexible. The functions I have for these (Which also enables to you manipulate the registry as well as ini files) work perfectly in VB6 but I haven't tested them in VB2008 yet, I need to do that when I get home tonight. Unfortunately My boyfriend and I are going shopping directly after work and then I promised to cook a meal afterwards, so it might be tomorrow morning ;)

 

 

 

Joe, thanks for rising to the occasion :)