Sorted.

sorted what?

I'll repost it because Im still having trouble.

Use StreamReader i think

The book "Visual Basic 2005 Step By Step" by Mcrosoft Press has a very good chapter about this

see my new thread 'modify a current file' which explains my problem more specifically as I dont think Im far off nailing it though I'll look into your suggestion.

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