Visual Basic Text Editor

Submitted by rinvizle on Thursday, September 15, 2016 - 14:04.

In this tutorial we will create a simple Text Editor using Visual Basic. This application that we create can perform a functions such as creating new documents by writing in the text field, modifying, deleting, searching, saving clear texts and finding texts within the text editor. It has a menu options that can import file, save, save as, and a exit button.

Sample Code

Import File - This code is for the importing of files from the explorer or the computer.

        Dim fo As New OpenFileDialog
        fo.Filter = "Text Files|*.txt"
        fo.FilterIndex = 1
        fo.ShowDialog()
        If (fo.FileName = Nothing) Then
            MsgBox("No file selected.")
        Else
            path = fo.FileName
            Using sr As New StreamReader(fo.FileName)
                RichTextBox1.Text = sr.ReadToEnd()
            End Using
        End If

Save - And for the save function of files from the text editor.

        If (Not path = Nothing) Then
            Using sw As New StreamWriter(path)
                sw.Write(RichTextBox1.Text)
            End Using
        End If

Save As - For the save as function if you want it to save to another directory and another name.

        Dim fs As New SaveFileDialog
        fs.Filter = "Text Files|*.txt"
        fs.FilterIndex = 1
        fs.ShowDialog()
        If (Not fs.FileName = Nothing) Then
            Using sw As New StreamWriter(fs.FileName)
                sw.Write(RichTextBox1.Text)
            End Using
        End If

Hope that you learn from this tutorial and don't forget to Like & Share this project and the website. Enjoy Coding...!

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