[AccessD] TextTransfer

Hi Bob

As Stuart recommends, for text files go for basic file I/O.

Here's a link to the site of Seth:

        http://puma.agron.ksu.edu/~sgsax/

Look for "My downloads", then "File I/O in VB":

  Code snippets demonstrating reading from
  and writing to plain text files.

It is not that difficult and it will save you a lot of trouble.

You can use the same method for writing XML files as well but for
reading anything but extremely simple XML you'll need an XML parser.

/gustav


> I just have a general question about all the available methods for
> transferring text using Access. I guess TransferText, the
> FileSystemObject, and the basic I/O methods (like Print#), are all valid
> options for this sort of thing, plus probably a few others I'm unaware
> of. My questions are, is there any reason to prefer one over the other,
> or is each best suited for a specific task, and  what are the major
> differences, and  what to people most frequently use, etc? I'm just
> talking about getting basic delimited text files (or maybe XML files)
> into and out of Access. Also, does the Import/Export wizard just create
> plain old vanilla schema.ini files for file specifications, and if so is
> there anyway to access those files from the file system, to modify them
> manually or move them, i.e., where are they stored, etc.?
 
> Thanks for any thoughts,
 
> Bob