Thanks.
I know what you suggest is faster - but it would not work for complex data
containing tabs for instance. I don't want this to break when a user tries
to store something odd in the future, and as i use arrays for all sorts of
things including htmlText and possible unicode....
In general no delimiter is completely safe - safest would be XML is my guess
- all though I was wandering about JSON as it is simpler. So how about a
completely general function to store any arbitrary array?
On 11/01/07, Jim Ault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
One handy, and very fast custom prop technique I use is ...
Start with the concept that a custom property set *is* an array.
on packCustomProps
put the customproperties of this stack into tempArr
combine tempArr using cr and tab --now tab delim
put tempArr into url ("file:"& pathToFile & filename &".txt")
--the current property set is now saved
end packCustomProps
--the reverse direction to use the data
on openstack
put url ("file:"& pathToFile & filename &".txt") into tempArr
split tempArr using cr and tab --now an array
set the customproperties of this stack into tempArr
--the current property set is now restored
end openstack
--and the variable tempArr is purged by Rev when the handler ends
returns in data and returns for records unless you use XML.
There are more options for storage if you consider Applescript for the Mac
or VBA for Windows, but that gets into exchanging data with companion apps
(which I do everyday), but definitely not simple.
Any links to these options?
Stephen barncard wrote:
If text files are needed to move that data to anywhere else, you're
probably limited to tab delimited fields with linefeeds subbed for
returns in data and returns for records unless you use XML.
I am a bit shaky on this cross platform text file stuff - does anyone have
any code / demo for using text files. I guess XML works as it inores the
white space" right?
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