Here's my code:
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im Filename As String
Dim Counter As Integer = 0
Filename = "records.mnz"
Current = New FileStream(Filename, FileMode.Open)
Reader = New BinaryReader(Current)
Console.WriteLine("{0,15}{1,6}{2,12}{3,9}", "Item", "Type", "Date", "Price")
Do While Not INSERT CODE HERE
Records(Counter).Item = Reader.ReadString
Records(Counter).TransType = Reader.ReadString
Records(Counter).TDate = Reader.ReadString
Records(Counter).Price = Reader.ReadDecimal
Console.WriteLine("{0,15}{1,6}{2,12}{3,9}", Records(Counter).Item, Records(Counter).TransType, Records(Counter).TDate, Records(Counter).Price)
Counter += 1
Loop
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Basically I want it to loop while it's not the end of the file. I haven't got a clue how to go about that. Anyone have any ideas?
Do While Not EOF(filePointerHere)
Sorry I'm not the best programmer in the world. What is a file pointer and how would I declare it etc?
For what you have, it looks like you're using "Current" for your file stream which is reading a file. You'd do this:
[code]
Dim Filename As String
Dim Counter As Integer = 0
Filename = "records.mnz"
Current = New FileStream(Filename, FileMode.Open)
Reader = New BinaryReader(Current)
Console.WriteLine("{0,15}{1,6}{2,12}{3,9}", "Item", "Type", "Date", "Price")
Do While Not EOF(Current)
Records(Counter).Item = Reader.ReadString
Records(Counter).TransType = Reader.ReadString
Records(Counter).TDate = Reader.ReadString
Records(Counter).Price = Reader.ReadDecimal
Console.WriteLine("{0,15}{1,6}{2,12}{3,9}", Records(Counter).Item, Records(Counter).TransType, Records(Counter).TDate, Records(Counter).Price)
Counter += 1
Loop
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It's been a while since I've done VB, but [B][I]I believe[/I][/B] that that's right.
Yeah I tried that earlier coz that's what I thought it would be. It just returns with 'Value of type 'System.IO.FileStream' cannot be converted to 'Integer''
See if the filestream has an EOF property.
I believe all streams in .net do
No it don't. This is bloody frustrating, why can't it just work how it's supposed to!
Did you try:
Current.EOF()
Yeah, it just says, ''EOF' is not a member of 'System.IO.Filestream''
