Drag & Drop Text File with AutoFill Input Box

[yhb]

Can someone please help me.

I want to drag and drop a text file and take some data from the text file to fill the input field.

My text file contains:

Event Type: Birthday Party Event Location: Bistro
Event Title: Business
Description: 35 Guest, Blah Blah

AutoFill Input Boxes
----------------------
Input1 : Birthday Party
Input2 : Bistro
Input3 : Business
Input4 : 35 Guest, Blah Blah

Input1 = data in between Event Type: and Event Location:
Input2 = data in between Event Location: and Event Title:
Input3 = data in between Event Title: and Description:
Input4 = data in between Description: and the rest of the text

Any help is appreciated.


YHB

[Shrek]

http://www.indigorose.com/forums/threads/35306-MemoryEx-Drag-amp-Drop

[yhb]

Thanks for the info Shrek. I can use that definitely. I just need how to grab those data i need for the inputbox. I'm having a hard time using the String Action. I know that's what I need to accomplish it.

Thanks again

[Shrek]

Is there a reason why you cant use xml?

[yhb]

The original file is a Microsoft Word 2013 docx. I'm not familiar on XML file.

Thanks

[Ulrich]

A Microsoft Word file is not a text file. Text files are plain text, readable in any text editor like Notepad.

On the other hand, MS Word files are document files, and they are actually XML files, zip-compressed into a single container. Without a considerable amount of work, you won't be able to extract the text from a docx document. Think about using a plain text file or a simple XML file, as suggested previously.

Ulrich

[yhb]

Thanks Ulrich for the info. That was really what I'm trying to do to save the docx to a plain text and try to collect the data i need to post in the input box.

Thanks much

[yhb]

Can someone show me how to use the String Action on searching for the first given word and then the second given word and grab the text in between? Thanks in advance.

Name: Microsoft Location:
..1st....................2nd

The bold letters are the 1st and second given word and the red text is the value i need to transfer in an input box.

[kingzooly]

Can someone show me how to use the String Action on searching for the first given word and then the second given word and grab the text in between? Thanks in advance.

Name: Microsoft Location:
..1st....................2nd

The bold letters are the 1st and second given word and the red text is the value i need to transfer in an input box.

I think the functions you need to look up are String.Find and String.Mid