VB Forum / General / August 2004

A standard textbox doesn't accept a file name but a rich textbox will accept
.txt and .rtf filenames.  A standard textbox needs multiline = true, wordwrap = true and
vertical scrollbars.  Then you must open the file and set the text = file contents.

HTH,

Jim Edgar

The RichTextBox has a method to load contents from a file; a regular textbox
does not.  You have to read the file into a string and then assign that to
the control.

No need for a string...
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Option Explicit

Private Sub Command1_Click()
   Call FillBox(Text1, "C:\Temp\Test.txt")
End Sub

Private Sub FillBox(TBox As TextBox, FileName As String)
   On Error GoTo ErrorTrap
   Dim iFile As Integer

   iFile = FreeFile

   Open FileName For Input As iFile
   TBox.Text = Input$(LOF(iFile), iFile)
   Close iFile

Terminate:
   Exit Sub

ErrorTrap:
   MsgBox "Error " & Err.Number _
      & vbCrLf & Err.Description, vbCritical
   Debug.Assert False
   Resume Terminate

End Sub
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Thank you all I got so wrapped up with the text box I forgot about the
infamous rich text box.  I do however find Kens suggestion using a  text box
interesting! Does anyone know which method is faster typically?

Thanks