save a file

[little_johny]

i m trying to save a variable to a text file, the save diaglog box shows up, but no file is created?????

here is the code

mydata = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWZ";

var filter = "Data files(*.txt)|*.txt|";
var filename = Dialogs.fileSave(filter, ".txt");

if (filename)
{
DataFile.save(filename, mydata);
}

any solutions ???

[SWFKit]

You should specify a variable name like this:

DataFile.save(filename, "mydata");

[little_johny]

ya, now it saves a text file.

but why are the file contents as such

[mydata]
type=string
value=abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

why not just

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

and if the sting is as follows
mydata = "abcd efghi jklm nopqrst uvwxyz";

the output is

[mydata]
type=string
value=abcd%20efghi%20jklm%20nopqrst%20uvwxyz

??????????

and one more thing, is it possible to create an MS Excel file. if yes, pl guide how to.

thanks

[meester]

the datafile method saves vars in a way swfkit can easely read.
If you want to save a var to a text file without the declaration of the var types, check out the notepad example in the sample section.

[adan]

or try something like this:

mydata = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWZ";

var filter = "Data files(*.txt)|*.txt|";
var filename = Dialogs.fileSave(filter, ".txt");

if (filename) 
{
file_stream = new FileStream(filename,"w");
trace(file_stream);
file_stream.writeLine(mydata);

//do file_stream.writeLine("&sometypeofdata="+mydata);
// if you want the '&var='mydata file structure

file_stream.close();

}//end of if(filename)

Thank this thread for the basis of the code:
http://www.topcmm.com/forum/thread_1_737.html

To do something instead like

[little_johny]

hello adan

thanks a lot, the code is working perfectly.



and how do we get a "File overwriting prompt", if the file already exits.

any idea?

[SWFKit]

You can assign a flag to the Dialog.fileSave method

Dialogs.fileSave([filter[, default_ext[, filename[, flags]]]])

flags Integer. Can be one of the following values

OFN_READONLY 0x00000001
OFN_OVERWRITEPROMPT 0x00000002
OFN_HIDEREADONLY 0x00000004
OFN_NOCHANGEDIR 0x00000008
OFN_SHOWHELP 0x00000010
OFN_ENABLEHOOK 0x00000020
OFN_ENABLETEMPLATE 0x00000040
OFN_ENABLETEMPLATEHANDLE 0x00000080
OFN_NOVALIDATE 0x00000100
OFN_ALLOWMULTISELECT 0x00000200
OFN_EXTENSIONDIFFERENT 0x00000400
OFN_PATHMUSTEXIST 0x00000800
OFN_FILEMUSTEXIST 0x00001000
OFN_CREATEPROMPT 0x00002000
OFN_SHAREAWARE 0x00004000
OFN_NOREADONLYRETURN 0x00008000
OFN_NOTESTFILECREATE 0x00010000
OFN_NONETWORKBUTTON 0x00020000
OFN_NOLONGNAMES 0x00040000
OFN_EXPLORER 0x00080000 // new look commdlg
OFN_NODEREFERENCELINKS 0x00100000
OFN_LONGNAMES 0x00200000 // force long names for 3.x modules
OFN_ENABLEINCLUDENOTIFY 0x00400000 // send include message to callback
OFN_ENABLESIZING 0x00800000

Eg. Dialogs.fileSave("Zip files(*.zip; *.gz)|*.zip; *.gz|Text files(*.txt)|*.txt|All files(*.*)|*.*|", null, null, /*OFN_OVERWRITEPROMPT*/2);

[little_johny]

thanks, otherwise i was trying something like this

if (filename) {
if(File.exists(filename)){
checkC = Dialogs.msgBox(filename + "already exists.Do you want to replace it.", "Save As", 52);
if (checkC == 6){
file_stream = new FileStream(filename,"w");
trace(file_stream);
Dialogs.msgBox("File  "+filename);
file_stream.writeLine(order);
file_stream.close();
}
} else{
file_stream = new FileStream(filename,"w");
trace(file_stream);
Dialogs.msgBox("File  "+filename);

file_stream.writeLine(order);
file_stream.close();
}
}

;D