"Jon Paal" <Jon[ nospam ]Paal @ everywhere dot com> wrote in message
news:%233nIdBG0GHA.1252@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> when reading a string from a file how to clean off "new line" and "end of
> line" stuff so text is returned as a clean single line ?
>
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"Tim_Mac" <tim.mackey@community.nospam> wrote in message news:eZ3ccIZ0GHA.4044@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> you could just use Trim() on the string which should remove any whitespace off either end of the line.
> but if you want to use regex...
>
> \r is carriage return
> \n is newline
> a simple replace on these characters with the empty string will sort it out.
> System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Replace(input, @"\r\n", "");
> hope this helps
> tim
>
>
>
> "Jon Paal" <Jon[ nospam ]Paal @ everywhere dot com> wrote in message news:%233nIdBG0GHA.1252@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> when reading a string from a file how to clean off "new line" and "end of line" stuff so text is returned as a clean single line
>> ?
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>

"Jon Paal" <Jon[ nospam ]Paal @ everywhere dot com> wrote in message
news:uXDyVPe0GHA.1252@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> thanks for the help.  It looked like a promising solution but
> unfortunately did not solve my problem.
>
> I'm trying to read a string from a text file so I can encrypt it.
>
> When I create the text file manually, it reads and encrypts correctly.
>
> If I try to create the text file dynamically, it encrypts to a slightly
> different outcome.
>
> I can't understand why the difference.
>
> <code>
>
> Private Shared ReadOnly encryptionKeyBytes() As Byte =   New Byte() {53,
> 53, 53, 53, 53, 53, 53, 53}
> Private Shared Function GenerateEncryptedLicFile(ByVal inputText As
> String, ByVal outputFile As String) As Boolean
>
>   Dim outputStream As Stream =  Nothing
>   Dim encryptedStream As Stream =  Nothing
>   Dim result As Boolean =  False
>
>   Dim des As DESCryptoServiceProvider =  New DESCryptoServiceProvider()
>   des.Key = encryptionKeyBytes
>   des.IV = encryptionKeyBytes
>
>   Try
>    outputStream = New FileStream(outputFile, FileMode.Create,
> FileAccess.Write, FileShare.None)
>
>    Dim desEncryptor As ICryptoTransform =  des.CreateEncryptor()
>    encryptedStream = New CryptoStream(outputStream, desEncryptor,
> CryptoStreamMode.Write)
>
>    Dim contents() As Byte = des.EncryptValue(inputText)
>
>    encryptedStream.Write(contents, 0, contents.Length)
>    result = True
>
>   Finally
>    If Not encryptedStream Is Nothing Then
>     encryptedStream.Close()
>     encryptedStream = Nothing
>    End If
>    If Not outputStream Is Nothing Then
>     outputStream.Close()
>     outputStream = Nothing
>    End If
>   End Try
>
>   Return result
> End Function
>
> </code>
>
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> "Tim_Mac" <tim.mackey@community.nospam> wrote in message
> news:eZ3ccIZ0GHA.4044@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> you could just use Trim() on the string which should remove any
>> whitespace off either end of the line.
>> but if you want to use regex...
>>
>> \r is carriage return
>> \n is newline
>> a simple replace on these characters with the empty string will sort it
>> out.
>> System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Replace(input, @"\r\n", "");
>> hope this helps
>> tim
>>
>>
>>
>> "Jon Paal" <Jon[ nospam ]Paal @ everywhere dot com> wrote in message
>> news:%233nIdBG0GHA.1252@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> when reading a string from a file how to clean off "new line" and "end
>>> of line" stuff so text is returned as a clean single line ?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

"Tim_Mac" <tim.mackey@community.nospam> wrote in message news:uKnDOie0GHA.1292@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> hi Jon,
> how do you know which is the right one?
> can you post your decrypt code.
> it could be the \r\n carriage return encoded by notepad if that's how you created the text file manually.
> if you debug, the debugger should show you all the whitespace characters so you can compare the contents of the file with the
> string variable, and see what is the difference.
>
> let me know how you get on.  by the way, i can't see where this relates to the first post, just trying to piece it together!
> tim
>
>
> "Jon Paal" <Jon[ nospam ]Paal @ everywhere dot com> wrote in message news:uXDyVPe0GHA.1252@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> thanks for the help.  It looked like a promising solution but unfortunately did not solve my problem.
>>
>> I'm trying to read a string from a text file so I can encrypt it.
>>
>> When I create the text file manually, it reads and encrypts correctly.
>>
>> If I try to create the text file dynamically, it encrypts to a slightly different outcome.
>>
>> I can't understand why the difference.
>>
>> <code>
>>
>> Private Shared ReadOnly encryptionKeyBytes() As Byte =   New Byte() {53, 53, 53, 53, 53, 53, 53, 53}
>> Private Shared Function GenerateEncryptedLicFile(ByVal inputText As String, ByVal outputFile As String) As Boolean
>>
>>   Dim outputStream As Stream =  Nothing
>>   Dim encryptedStream As Stream =  Nothing
>>   Dim result As Boolean =  False
>>
>>   Dim des As DESCryptoServiceProvider =  New DESCryptoServiceProvider()
>>   des.Key = encryptionKeyBytes
>>   des.IV = encryptionKeyBytes
>>
>>   Try
>>    outputStream = New FileStream(outputFile, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.None)
>>
>>    Dim desEncryptor As ICryptoTransform =  des.CreateEncryptor()
>>    encryptedStream = New CryptoStream(outputStream, desEncryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Write)
>>
>>    Dim contents() As Byte = des.EncryptValue(inputText)
>>
>>    encryptedStream.Write(contents, 0, contents.Length)
>>    result = True
>>
>>   Finally
>>    If Not encryptedStream Is Nothing Then
>>     encryptedStream.Close()
>>     encryptedStream = Nothing
>>    End If
>>    If Not outputStream Is Nothing Then
>>     outputStream.Close()
>>     outputStream = Nothing
>>    End If
>>   End Try
>>
>>   Return result
>> End Function
>>
>> </code>
>>
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>> "Tim_Mac" <tim.mackey@community.nospam> wrote in message news:eZ3ccIZ0GHA.4044@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> you could just use Trim() on the string which should remove any whitespace off either end of the line.
>>> but if you want to use regex...
>>>
>>> \r is carriage return
>>> \n is newline
>>> a simple replace on these characters with the empty string will sort it out.
>>> System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Replace(input, @"\r\n", "");
>>> hope this helps
>>> tim
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Jon Paal" <Jon[ nospam ]Paal @ everywhere dot com> wrote in message news:%233nIdBG0GHA.1252@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> when reading a string from a file how to clean off "new line" and "end of line" stuff so text is returned as a clean single
>>>> line ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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