help with files and arrays??? please help

My problem is that i have a text file that has some info on names, numbers, schools, and scores, all seperated by a tab. What ineed to do is open that file and save it into each seperate part into an array.... having problems storing it into an array.... can someone help??? i would be very grateful

What is your code that's giving you problems? Have you used the debugger?

Dim infile As IO.StreamReader

Dim aLine AsString

Dim Parts() AsString

If IO.File.Exists("Students.txt") Then

infile = IO.File.OpenText("Students.txt")

DoUntil infile.Peek = -1

aLine = infile.ReadLine()

Parts = aLine.Split(vbTab)

mIndex = mIndex + 1

ReDimPreserve mStudentRecord(mIndex)

mStudentRecord(mIndex).Name = Parts(0)

mStudentRecord(mIndex).ID = Parts(1)

mStudentRecord(mIndex).School = Parts(3)

mStudentRecord(mIndex).Score = Parts(4)

Loop

infile.Close()

Else

MessageBox.Show("File does not exist")

EndIf


sw = IO.File.AppendText("Students.txt")

For k = 0 To mIndex Step 1

sw = WriteLine(mStudentRecord(k).Name & vbTab & mStudentRecord(k).ID & vbTab & mStudentRecord(k).School & vbTab & mStudentRecord(k).Score)

Next

sw.Close()

basically im having trouble taking whats in the file and putting it into an array, i am then going to be writing more to the array and file from textboxes on the form.

thanks for any help, let me know if i should attach a zip file of it

You would be better off creating a database to store the information then pull the info from the db, This gives you more flexability in your code then you won't need the array.