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text edit and files

How do I read and write strings to and from a number of text edits such as in an address book where you have a first name, last name, and so on to read and write to a file?

HumanData

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rbr

What is text edit? Can you pls give me more details.

boonstra

The following program does what I think you want:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <string.h>

int main(void)
{
      FILE *aFile;
      char name[256],lastname[256],firstname[256];

      /* open file for write */
      aFile = fopen("Test file","w");
      if (NULL==aFile) {
            printf(" cannot open file for write\n");
            return 0;
      }

      /* write some strings */
      strcpy(name,"LastName1, FirstName1");
      fprintf(aFile,"%s\n",name);

      strcpy(name,"LastName2, FirstName2");
      fprintf(aFile,"%s\n",name);

      fclose(aFile);

      /* open file for write */
      aFile = fopen("Test file","r");
      if (NULL==aFile) {
            printf(" cannot open file for read\n");
            return 0;
      }

      fscanf(aFile,"%255s %255s",lastname,firstname);
      printf("Read string: %s %s\n",lastname,firstname);

      fscanf(aFile,"%255s %255s",lastname,firstname);
      printf("Read string: %s %s\n",lastname,firstname);

      fclose(aFile);

      return 0;
}

If by "text edit" you mean a TEHandle, then you would get the text from (**te).hText instead of using strcpy. The text at offset N into a TERec is at (*(**te).hText + N), where te is the TEHandle.

HumanData

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Please provide answers in C.

By text edit I am meaning a field of text (TEtextBox).

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