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Search in .txt

Jul 4th, 2008

How can i search in a .txt file wod by word...

I will have a textbox(and a search button) and I need to search for the word entered in the textbox....

and display all the result in the listbox

Sorry if this exists somewhere else....
just post me the link because i couldnt find...

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Re: Search in .txt

Jul 5th, 2008

You can use these 2 methods - File.ReadAllText Method to read the file and String.Contains Method to search for the required string in the text from the file. You can then add the results to a listbox. Both these methods are mentioned in MSDN.

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