On 2/28/07, Curtis Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
My project needs to allow the user to enter data which is then saved to an external text file. It has worked fine on OS X in the IDE and standalone. When I tried from a Windows standalone, the external file is written but is empty (0 kb). Here's the code:on saveNewFile global gMyFileName,gEntireList,gMyLoop,gCurrentSet ask file "Save list as" with "MyList.txt" put it into gMyFileName --separate handler saves current set of data to gCurrentSet saveCurrentSet --is the current set already in gEntireList? put lineOffset("<itemIDnum=" & gMyLoop, gEntireList) into tSetStart if tSetStart = 0 then --it wasn't there, so append the set just entered to the end of gEntireList put gCurrentSet after gEntireList end if open file gMyFileName for update answer "now doing saveNewFile: gEntireList is" && gEntireList put gEntireList into URL ("file:" & gMyFileName) end saveNewFile I put the 'answer' command right before the final 'put gEntireList..' command to make sure the variable had the expected contents, and it did; but the resulting text file is always empty on XP. I'm developing on OS X 10.4.8, testing on Windows XP; using Rev 2.8, but I checked earlier versions of the project and the problem is there in 2.6 as well. I don't know a lot about Windows or where to go on with troubleshooting. Help! Thanks in advance!
Put a line after the "put into URL" line saying: if the result is empty then answer the result This is at least tell you if there is an error while saving. My guess would be that you are running into a permissions problem - you are coming to a sad realization :-). If you are trying to save to the Program Files folder (or a sub-folder in it), then unless you have admin privileges, this will fail I think. Like you I am not a Windows expert, but I think that is correct. Try saving the file in other locations and seeing if that works. Ken Ray's site lists the codes needed to get specialFolderPath to give you the path to various Windows folders. HTH, Sarah _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
