ReadLine fails with Mac text files. Help!

[Cristian Viola]

I am using the Textream Object to open a text file, and perform some
parsing.

The problem is that performing a ReadLine on a Macintosh text file
actually reads the whole file (like a ReadAll). I *can* see why this is
happenning: ReadLine looks for 'chr(13) chr(10)' which is the DOS
CarriageReturn/LineFeed sequence. The Macintosh text files have only a
chr(13) in the sequence. To prove my theory, I actually saved the mac
file as DOS text, and readline works fine.

Is there any work around for this? I am desperate already...!

Thanks,
-Cristian

[Michael Harris]

arMacLines = split(tsMacFile.ReadAll,chr(13))

 

now walk the array...

--
Michael Harris

 

 

"Cristian Viola" <cris...@consejero.com> wrote in message news:387CC439...@consejero.com...

[Cristian Viola]

Thanks. Actually, I found the following alternative to
line = objStoryTS.readline :

line = "" 'reset line content
do while instr(line,chr(13)) = 0
line = line & objStoryTS.read(1)
loop

This works for both Mac and DOS formatted text files, so I need not
worry.
I thought this would be REALLY slow, but I found no performance hit over
the standard readline.

-CV

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Subject:
Re: ReadLine fails with Mac text files. Help!
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 17:36:12 -0800
From: "Michael Harris" <Please...@To.NewsGroup>