save to .doc faster or more reliably

What kind of code are you using to save to the file?

Are you opening the file at the beginning and keeping it open the entire time?

ShaneCourtrille
I'm reading values coming in from the lpt port which are coming in at 1000 per second. The code i put in a timer reads the port at a 1000 readings per second
Open ("c:\file.ini") For Output As #1
Print #1, Text1.Text
Close #1

to be more accurate What i actually have is
Private Sub Timer2_Timer()
Open ("c:\test.ini") For Append As #1
Print #1, Text1.Text
Close #1
End Sub

ShaneCourtrille
that makes sense
i will try that  and let you know how i get on tomorrow
Thanks for now

ShaneCourtrille

before tomorrow
could you kindly give some pointers on writing directly from source to an array or queue?

Unfortunately I don't have any code which I can provide you with.  There are a few articles on the subject available at DevX.Com under the Visual Basic Programmers Journal area IF you have a membership there.  Otherwise your best bet is going to be to do some searching online and see what people have come up with.  

ShaneCourtrille
Thanks

Go check out this for setting up a Linked List:  

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q166/3/94.asp

You can use this to do queuing.  Add items to the list.. then remove them from it.  You could even add another field (as long as you were only adding to the end of the list) giving a 'stop' point to check against.

ShaneCourtrille
Your help has put on the scent

"I feel after reading the above link that i have the answer but now to understand the answer!"

SimonCourtrille
If I could get to manipualate this part of the queuing

Set head = New Node          
        head.key = 0                
        Set curr = head              
        For i = 1 To 30  
          Set curr.pnext = New Node  
          Set curr = curr.pnext      
          curr.key = i              
        Next i
What i need to do is put my set of approx 4000 figures into this code e.g
For i = 1 to my set of figures?

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