Reading a specific line in a textfile

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Hi all,

can anyone help me please?
I want to read the 8th line of a text file and put it in textbox1.
I knew the code of reading.
This code is to read the text file:

MIDL

FileStream^ fs = File::OpenRead( path );

But how to read the 8th line and convert it to string?
Thanks in advance.

Retagged as C++/CLI

Posted 1-Jan-11 4:08am

Seif Hatem

Updated 1-Jan-11 23:04pm

Emilio Garavaglia

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Manfred Rudolf Bihy · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-01T04:30:00

Solution 1

C++

FileStream^ fs = File::OpenRead( path );
StreamReader^ sr = gcnew StreamReader( fs );
int count = 0;
String^ myLine;
while ( sr->Peek() >= 0 && count<8)
{
    myLine = sr->ReadLine();
    count++;
}

That should do it!

Regards,
Manfred

Posted 1-Jan-11 4:30am

Manfred Rudolf Bihy

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Seif Hatem 1-Jan-11 10:42am

Thanks Really thanks I SPENT 3 Days searching

Manfred Rudolf Bihy 1-Jan-11 10:51am

Glad to help! You got that textBox1->Text = myLine thing figured out?