My program also recreates html pages as the program runs, so am I correct in thinking that I will not be able to do that either. I am converting a hamradio program from VB, and will also need to do my logging. So my thinking since everything is RO then I am out of luck on it?
On Sunday 06 July 2008 13:23:46 Benoit Minisini wrote: > On dimanche 06 juillet 2008, Jeff Johnson wrote: > > I know this has probably been replied to many times. > > > > This works > > hFile = OPEN "wxaprs.ini" FOR INPUT > > > > This works > > hFile = OPEN "./wxaprs.ini" FOR INPUT > > > > > > This fails with access forbidden > > DIM hFile1 AS File > > hFile1 = OPEN "./wxaprs.ini" FOR OUTPUT CREATE > > > > This fails with access forbidden > > DIM hFile1 AS File > > hFile1 = OPEN "wxaprs.ini" FOR OUTPUT CREATE > > Relatives paths are paths to files located inside the project, and so are > read-only. > > > This works > > DIM hFile1 AS File > > hFile1 = OPEN "/home/jeffjohnson/aprs/wxaprs.ini" FOR OUTPUT CREATE > > ...But when you use an absolute path, nothing is checked. But then your > code does not work once the program is compiled into an executable. > > > I need to either determine the full working path so I can make it > > hFile1 = OPEN $Path & "wxaprs.ini" FOR OUTPUT CREATE > > > > or the correct way to create a file > > > > Any ideas of where I fell off the trolley? > > You can't create file inside the project at execution time. You need to > store your file inside the user home directory. > > You can use the Settings class, that creates a settings file like in > Windows in a standard path inside the user home directory. > > Or you can create your own file, as an hidden file (beginning with a dot), > or as a file stored inside an hidden directory. > > Now the standard is defined by freedesktop.org: a configuration file is > stored in ~/.config/<application>. The Settings class stored its own > configuration file in ~/.config/gambas[3]/<application>.conf > > Regards, ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user