Text window

[alincon]

I want to enable users to edit a table file.
Aren't there commands to load the whole file, and to save the whole file?
Should I use a text editor instead of a text window?

r.m.

[tsh73]

Well, (help says) in a textwindow you will not get anything but big texteditor. No buttons, nothing.
But it handles trapclose and could take a menu (though it positions before build-in File and Edit)
As for reading / writing whole file, have a look.
nomainwin

MENU #txt, "&Help", "About", [about]
open "test" for text as #txt
#txt "!trapclose [quit]"

open "C:\boot.ini" for input as #inFile 'my system has this file. Put file your have.

#txt "!contents #inFile"    'read whole file
'or
'aStr$=input$(#inFile, lof(#inFile))    'read whole file
'#txt "!contents aStr$"                 'put it to text control

close #inFile
wait

[quit]
CONFIRM "Do you want to save the file?"; ans$
if  ans$ = "yes" then
   #txt "!contents? string$";  'get whole contents of text control
   open "c:\bootCopy.txt" for output as #outFile
   #outFile, string$;   'save all contents at once
   close #outFile
   'wait a bit so file get written
   timer 200, [wai]
   wait
[wai]
   timer 0
   run "notepad.exe c:\bootCopy.txt"
end if
close #txt
end

[about]
notice "from text window"+chr$(13)+"So, text window could have menu"
wait


[Rod]

There are several "grid" demos posted that would handle editing table data.