Re: Reading text files

[Chipp Walters]

David,
Try this. Create a button in your stack and put the following in it:
on mouseUp
   answer file "choose a text file to read"
   if it is empty then exit mouseUp
   --> SHOWS THE CONTENTS OF THE TEXT
   answer URL("file:" & it)
end mouseUp
If there's nothing in the answer dialog box, then you've got a problem 
reading from the disk...though I doubt there is.

If the contents of the answer dialog IS the text file then you've got a 
path problem.

I always use the
put URL ("file:" & myFilePath) into tVar
method of accessing files.
best,
Chipp
David Squance wrote:
I have a stack which needs to read text files and place the content in a
field.  This had been working fine in the IDE with the text files and the
stack in the same folder on my hard drive (Mac OS 10.3.4), but not as a
standalone.  I switched to the answer file approach, and got it to work
with the standalone, but it still doesn't read the files working from a CD.
I want it to work from the CD so I can test the Windows version.  Is there
some inherent reason it won't work when all the components are on a CD?
Any suggestions gratefully received.
Dave
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