Need A Whole Line From .txt File

[Lon]

Using ME I have notepad open with a large text file. I am using the "find" command in Notepad to locate the specific phrase "Closing case" Everything good to here.

 

What I need to be able to do is to capture the whole text line (has dates, path, etc) "closing case" resides on and save it to a variable.

 

What I am having a problem with is the actual selection of the whole line of text. I don't know of any commands to get the whole line "blued" to copy it. I don't know of any shortcut keys to get the whole line.

 

Any ideas?

[kevin]

To highlight a line in Notepad you need to do a Shift Down, Arrow Down, Shift Up. Depending on where 'closing case' appears on the line you may need to do a Home first. Once the line is highlighted you can copy it to the clipboard and then copy from the clipboard to a variable.

 

Something like this:

Text Type: <HOME><SHIFTD><ARROW DOWN><SHIFTU>
Text Type: <CONTROL>c
Variable Set String %T1% from Clipboard

You may discover that you need some slight delays:

Text Type: <HOME><SHIFTD><ARROW DOWN><SHIFTU>
Delay 0.1 Seconds
Text Type: <CONTROL>c
Delay 0.1 Seconds
Variable Set String %T1% from Clipboard

Another completely different approach would be to use the Text File Begin/End Process commands, like this:

Text File Begin Process: "test.txt"
 If Variable %T1% contains "closing case"
   Break
 End If
Text File End Process

// Here T1 contains the line that has 'closing case' on it

This method could be much quicker since you do not have to open Notepad.

[Cory]

I always use the last example Kevin suggested. Don’t be intimidated it’s actually a lot simpler and you will slap yourself in the forehead when you realize how much better it is.