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Exactly how are you writing out this text file? &nbsp;I don't have this problem when using the Print function.<br />

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Exactly how are you writing out this text file?  I don't have this problem when using the Print function.


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This was actually better than a good answer for me. I am a COBOL programmer that was given the task of writing an application that wrote EDI format to a text file in VB. &nbsp;So thanks for the help.
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This was actually better than a good answer for me. I am a COBOL programmer that was given the task of writing an application that wrote EDI format to a text file in VB.  So thanks for the help.

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Well good luck in learning VB, tchafin.<br />
I have a few COBOL programmers I'm busy training into VB too. &nbsp;Always good to learn new skills!<br />
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Ciao,<br />
Grant.
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Well good luck in learning VB, tchafin.
I have a few COBOL programmers I'm busy training into VB too.  Always good to learn new skills!

Ciao,
Grant.

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I am having to write a formatted string (pipe delimited text) to a text file for EDI to a Legacy system. &nbsp;My problem is VB puts my string in quotation marks. &nbsp;How can I write this string to a text file and not have the quotation marks?
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I am having to write a formatted string (pipe delimited text) to a text file for EDI to a Legacy system.  My problem is VB puts my string in quotation marks.  How can I write this string to a text file and not have the quotation marks?

Writing String for EDI

Visual Basic is Microsoft’s event-driven programming language and integrated development environment (IDE) for its Component Object Model (COM) programming model. It is relatively easy to learn and use because of its graphical development features and BASIC heritage. It has been replaced with VB.NET, and is very similar to VBA (Visual Basic for Applications), the programming language for the Microsoft Office product line.

Visual Basic Classic

COBOL (Common Business-Oriented Language) is a programming language with English-like syntax. It is readable but verbose compared to other programming languages. CODASYL (Conference on Data Systems Languages) created COBOL in 1959 based on design work from Grace Hopper. It was standardized in 1968. COBOL is still present in large-scale batch processing and transaction processing where legacy applications are being used, usually in government, financial, and administrative systems.