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  • Operating mode in Windows Vista (and later)
  • Equivalence
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Stored procedures
Creates and fills a text file with the content of a text control or text variable (string variable, edit control in a window, Static control in a report, ...). If the file already exists, it is deleted then re-created.
Remark: The strings containing binary "0" ("\0") are supported.
Example
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// Fills the file with the content of a variable
MyTextString is string = "This is a test" + CR + "Using fSaveText"
fSaveText("C:\Temp\MyFile.txt", MyTextString)
 
// Fills the file with the content of a control
// EDT_LASTN_FIRSTN is an edit control
fSaveText("C:\Customers\LastFirstName.txt", EDT_LASTN_FIRSTN)
 
// Performs a file copy by replacing "Franc" by "Euro"
FileContent is string
FileContent = fLoadText("C:\Sales\FrancPrices.txt")
FileContent = Replace(FileContent, "Franc", "Euro")
fSaveText("C:\Sales\EuroPrices.txt", FileContent)
Syntax
<Result> = fSaveText(<Name and path of the text file> , <Content>)
<Result>: Boolean
  • True if the operation was successful,
  • False otherwise. To get more details on the error, use ErrorInfo with the errMessage constant.
<Name and path of the text file>: Character string
Name and full (or relative) path of text file to create. A UNC path can be used.
WindowsLinux This parameter can be in Ansi or Unicode format.
AndroidAndroid Widget This parameter can correspond to a full path or a path relative to the current directory (returned by fCurrentDir). This parameter is case-sensitive.
Reminder: In Android, the file system is read-only on the device and on the emulator. An application can only write to its setup directory or one of its subdirectories, as well as to the external memory (SDCard).
iPhone/iPadIOS WidgetMac Catalyst This parameter can correspond to a full path or a path relative to the current directory (returned by fCurrentDir). This parameter is case-sensitive.
Reminder: On iPhone/iPad, the file system is read-only on the device and on the emulator. An application can only write to its setup directory or one of its subdirectories.
<Content>: Character string
String containing the content of the file.
Remarks
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Operating mode in Windows Vista (and later)

If this function does not operate properly in Windows Vista (and later), check whether the file or directory used is not in one of the system directories (Windows directory or "Program Files" directory).
In Windows Vista (and later), with the UAC mechanism (User Account Control) enabled, you must have administrator privileges to handle and/or modify the files or directories in system directories (Windows directory or "Program Files" directory).
Programming tip: To handle and/or modify the files or directories without administrator privileges, you should:
  • avoid writing to the Windows directory or to the "Program Files" directory,
  • use the system directory of the application (returned by SysDir with the srAppDataCommun constant, for example).
Remark: In Windows Vista (and later), the virtualization mechanism is used to make the applications compatible with Vista. If the file is created in a system directory without having sufficient rights, this file will actually be created in another directory (C:\Users\<LOGIN>AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Windows\). In this case, the file cannot be shared between several applications.
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Equivalence

fSaveText is equivalent to the following code:
// Opens the file in read-only
f is int = fOpen("C:\MyFile.txt", foCreate)
// Writes into the file
FileContent is string = "example of text"
fWrite(f, FileContent)
// Closes the file
fClose(f)
Component: wd290std.dll
Minimum version required
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Comments
Video fSaveText
https://youtu.be/ygTOfO7xjcU

https://windevdesenvolvimento.blogspot.com/2019/05/dicas-2122-windev-webdev-mobile-xml-23.html

FOR EACH ROW OF TABLE_NOTAS_MANIFESTO
IF TABLE_NOTAS_MANIFESTO.COL_11_Xml_Nota<>"" THEN
conteudo_xml is string=TABLE_NOTAS_MANIFESTO.COL_11_Xml_Nota
arquivo_nome is string="C:\TEMP\XML_"+TABLE_NOTAS_MANIFESTO.COL_02_NUMERO_NOTA+".XML"
fSaveText(arquivo_nome,conteudo_xml)
END
END

amarildo
24 May 2019
abrir,modificar,gravar e Fechar Texto
abrir,modificar,gravar e Fechar Texto

EDT_Text1=""
_arquivo is string="E:\ALEVA\TESTE\AMARILDO.TXT"
_arquivo_id is int=fOpen(_arquivo,foReadWrite)
IF _arquivo_id<>-1 THEN
slinha is string=""
LOOP
slinha=fReadLine(_arquivo_id)
IF slinha=EOT THEN
BREAK
ELSE
EDT_Text1+=slinha+CR
END
END
END
fClose(_arquivo_id)

//Salvar Arquivo

_arquivo is string="E:\ALEVA\TESTE\AMARILDO.TXT"
fSaveText(_arquivo,EDT_Text1)


//Blog com Video e exemplo
http://windevdesenvolvimento.blogspot.com.br/2016/09/curso-windev-arquivos-015-arquivos_8.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9ZgfJ-vQ3s
De matos AMARILDO
08 Sep. 2016
Ler Tabela Cliente e Gravar Txt Mobile
Ler Tabela Cliente e Gravar Txt Mobile

//Nessa aula vou ensinar como ler tabela cliente e gravar em txt no Mobile
//This class will teach how to read and write customer table in txt in Mobile
//Cette classe vous apprendra à lire et à écrire la table des clients dans txt à Mobile

s_nome_arquivo is string=CompleteDir(fCurrentDir())+"nome_arquivo.txt"
n_arquivo is int=fCreate(s_nome_arquivo)
//ver se arquivo deu erro
IF n_arquivo=-1 THEN
Info("erro na criação arquivo",ErrorInfo())
RETURN
END
s_monta is string=""
FOR EACH ROW OF TABLE_Cliente
HReadSeekFirst(cliente,id_cliente,TABLE_Cliente.COL_Id_cliente)
s_monta+="DADOS|"
s_monta+=cliente.id_cliente+"|"
s_monta+=cliente.razao_social_nome+"|"
s_monta+=cliente.telefone+CR
END
s_monta+="FIM|"
EDT_Texto_importar=s_monta
fSaveText(s_nome_arquivo,s_monta)

//proxima aula vou ler o txt e gravar no arquivo
//next class will read the .txt and write to the file
//la classe suivante va lire le .txt et écrire dans le fichier

//Blog com Video e Exemplo
http://windevdesenvolvimento.blogspot.com.br/2016/06/windev-mobile-65-matos-pedido-20-ler.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQa93EJSGyE
De matos AMARILDO
23 Jun. 2016

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