Thanx Ramesh....you saved me again !
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From: Ramesh CT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: <lingo-l>FileIO overwrite ?
> At 04:48 PM 11/16/00, you wrote:
> >Hello again list !
> >
> >Does anyone know a fullproof way of overwriting a list or text in a
> >"txt.document" using FileIO ? I know this must be easy, but i cant get it
> >to work ....
> >
> >thanxalot !
>
>
> Hi,
>
> -- movie script
> on overWriteFile pathToFile, newString
>
> fileObj = new(xtra "fileIO")
>
> path = pathToFile
>
>
> statusOpen = openFile(fileObj, path, 0)
>
> if statusOpen = 0 then
> delete(fileObj)
> end if
>
> createFile(fileObj,path)
>
> openFile(fileObj, path, 0)
>
> writeString(fileObj,newString)
> closefile(fileObj)
> end
>
> -- from message window try
> overWriteFile "C:\windows\desktop\new.txt", "newtext"
>
> Ramesh CT
> http://www.geocities.com/ramesh_ct/
>
>
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