Hi Darrin.

VB's Random File Access should meet your requirements. See the VB Help.

There is a risk that the file will become very large and very difficult to
handle.
You could possibly prevent this by ensuring the file contains just the data for
a certain period of time, e.g. a day, week or month if this is a risk.

Another possibility is to store the data in a database and, when reporting
is necessary, to sort the data so that the last message is presented first.

Take care.

Mike




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From: Darrin J. Calcutt <dcalcutt@...>
To: visualbasic6programming@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 6, 2009 8:18:14 PM
Subject: [Visual Basic 6 programming] Adding to a TXT file


Does anyone have any suggestions?

I'm addding a string to a TXT file.

Its easy to append the string to the end of the TXT file. I opened the file
up for append.

I'd like to add the string to the begining of the file.

Each string I add is a statement from the server on its status. Its
time-date stamped. I'd like to have the latest updates on the top of the TXT
file, and not the bottom.

Any suggestions?

Darrin J. Calcutt, CEO, COO
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