looking for lost .txt file

[Andre Garzia]

Oops,
my bad Ben, I didn't saw that "file:" on the source. That is a protocol
definition to be used with the URL keyword, that surely spoils everything...
you need advise from someone better than me on this topic but I guess you're
receiving an error back that the file may not be written.

Andre

On 6/18/07, Ben Bock <benbock at msn.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks Andre.  All the other files saved within the "Data" folder.  I
> don't know what the file: does to the address
> "file:Data/filename.txt"  does, but I'm not finding the files when I made a
> simplified version of the problem stack.  That is why I am worried.
>
> Ben
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Andre Garzia<mailto:andre at andregarzia.com>
>   To: How to use Revolution<mailto:use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
>   Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 4:44 PM
>   Subject: Re: looking for lost .txt file
>
>
>   Hello Ben,
>
>   it will be relative to the defaultFolder property, if you didn't change
> it,
>   then, I think it is just next to the standalone in windows.  You can of
>   course, search for the file
>
>   Be aware that if the Data folder do not exist in the dafualtFolder
> location,
>   it will not be created and I think your file will not be saved.
>
>   I am no windows user so I can't tell you the defaultFolder for windows
> but I
>   think it should be next to the standalone, if you don't have the Data
> folder
>   in there, then you're really in trouble because the file will not be
> saved.
>
>   Always check for error condition after opening a file, you can do that
> with
>   'the result'.
>
>   cheers
>   andre
>
>
>
>   On 6/18/07, Ben Bock <benbock at msn.com<mailto:benbock at msn.com>> wrote:
>   >
>   > Hello all,
>   >
>   > I'm on the data analysis side of a project I made using
> Revolution.  It
>   > was a standalone in Windows, with many quizzes as substacks.  I'm
> missing
>   > only one of the substack's data.  Apparently I entered some incorrect
>   > syntax, and it escaped attention and testing.  I've not worked in Rev
> since
>   > finishing this project, so I need some current help.  Can anyone tell
> me if
>   > this file "dumb mistake.txt" is saved on the computer that ran the
>   > standalone, and where to find it?
>   >
>   > open file "file:Data/dumb mistake.txt" for append
>   >
>   > write CR & gSubID & tab & tFinalScore to file "file:Data/dumb
> mistake.txt"
>   >
>   > close file "file:Data/dumb mistake.txt"
>   >
>   >
>   >
>   > The script of all the other successful files was:
>   >
>   > open file "Data/happy days.txt" for append
>   >
>   > write CR & gSubID & tab & tFinal score to file "Data/happy days.txt"
>   >
>   > close file "Data/happy days.txt"
>   >
>   >
>   >
>   > Thanks for any help,
>   >
>   > Ben
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