[AccessD] FW: Edit Large text file via VBA

Thanks Drew...but I'm kinda lost on this part:

>In this example, it just keeps reading chunks (512 bytes (or characters) at
>a time).  You can be writing to a new file at the same time, just need a
>different variable to represent the NewFile pointer.

I know I need to do this...but I would have to do it within the loop...and 
can I have to files open at the same time?

Thanks,

Mark


>From: DWUTKA at marlow.com
>Reply-To: Access Developers discussion and problem 
>solving<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
>To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
>Subject: [AccessD] FW:  Edit Large text file via VBA
>Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 16:28:25 -0500
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>You can use the same code, but 'chunk' the read...
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>The get statement retrieves the amount of data available in the strTemp
>variable, ie:
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>strTemp=Space(lof(f))
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>get f,,strTemp
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>in the first line, it is setting strtemp as a string (of spaces) the length
>of the file (lof statement, f being the file pointer).
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>The get statement can be used to read portions of the file.  By default, it
>keeps reading through, for example:
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>Dim f as Long
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>Dim intBufferSize As Long
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>Dim strTemp as string
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>Dim intSpaceRemaining as Long
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>intBufferSize=512
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>F=freefile
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>Open "C:\YourTextFile.txt" for binary access read as f
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>intSpaceRemaining=lof(f)
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>do until intspaceremaining=0
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>       if intBuffersize>intSpaceRemaining then
>intBuffersize=intSpaceRemaining
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>       strTemp=Space(intBuffersize)
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>       get f,,strTemp
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>       strTemp=Replace(strTemp,"YourCharacters","")
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>       intspaceremaining=intspaceremaining-intbuffersize
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>loop
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>close f
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>In this example, it just keeps reading chunks (512 bytes (or characters) at
>a time).  You can be writing to a new file at the same time, just need a
>different variable to represent the NewFile pointer.
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>
>Drew
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>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mark A Matte [mailto:markamatte at hotmail.com]
>Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 3:25 PM
>To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
>Subject: Re: [AccessD] Edit Large text file via VBA
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>
>Thanks again Drew.
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>I might have forgotten to mention that these are farely LARGE text files.
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>The one it is crashing on is 138 mb ...error= "Out of String Space"
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>Any other ideas?
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>Thanks again,
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>Mark A. Matte
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>P.S...  The largest is just over 150 mb
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