Update CSV File

Demonstrates how to read a CSV, update some cells, and save.

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'  This example program loads a file (sample.csv)
'  that contains this content:
' 
'  year,color,country,food
'  2001,red,France,cheese
'  2005,blue,"United States",hamburger
'  2008,green,Italy,pasta
'  1998,orange,Japan,sushi
' 
'  The first row contains the column names.
'  This file is available at:
'  http://www.chilkatsoft.com/testData/sample.csv

Dim csv As New ChilkatCsv

'  Prior to loading the CSV file, indicate that the 1st row
'  should be treated as column names:
csv.HasColumnNames = 1

'  Load the CSV records from the file:
Dim success As Long
success = csv.LoadFile("sample.csv")
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox csv.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  Change "cheese" to "baguette"
'  ("cheese" is at row=0, column=3
csv.SetCell 0,3,"baguette"

'  Change "blue" to "magenta"
csv.SetCell 1,1,"magenta"

'  Write the updated CSV to a string and display:
Dim csvDoc As String
csvDoc = csv.SaveToString()
Text1.Text = Text1.Text & csvDoc & vbCrLf

'  Save the CSV to a file:
success = csv.SaveFile("out.csv")
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox csv.LastErrorText
End If