Re: Mobile write to text file woes

2018-09-24 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
That was so good I put it up on facebook. :-) Bob S > On Sep 22, 2018, at 14:10 , J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > wrote: > >> I have a little app >> It works and makes me smile >> It reads text data in a snap >> But won't write with "Can't open file" >> The path is set the same for both >>

Re: Mobile write to text file woes

2018-09-22 Thread scott--- via use-livecode
sweet! > On Sep 22, 2018, at 2:10 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > wrote: > > On 9/22/18 6:39 AM, FlexibleLearning.com via use-livecode wrote: >> I have a little app >> It works and makes me smile >> It reads text data in a snap >> But won't write with "Can't open file" >> The path is set

Re: Mobile write to text file woes

2018-09-22 Thread AndyP via use-livecode
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Re: Mobile write to text file woes

2018-09-22 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On 9/22/18 6:39 AM, FlexibleLearning.com via use-livecode wrote: I have a little app It works and makes me smile It reads text data in a snap But won't write with "Can't open file" The path is set the same for both The file is in the bundle So why can't I write to the file it reads? Mutter, mumb

Re: Mobile write to text file woes

2018-09-22 Thread AndyP via use-livecode
Hi Hugh, Have a look at this lesson I'm sure it will help If the location is right then the file you can write http://lessons.livecode.com/m/4069/l/14301-how-do-i-read-write-to-files-on-mobile - Andy Pid

Re: Mobile write to text file woes

2018-09-22 Thread Brian Milby via use-livecode
To be more clear, “engine” and “resources” paths are read only on iOS. When starting an app, you need to copy any resources you need to change to the “documents”, “cache”, “temporary”, or “library” specialFolderPath depending on how you want the file to last. Thanks, Brian On Sep 22, 2018, 6:40

Re: Mobile write to text file woes

2018-09-22 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On the pretense of increased security, more and more OSes are incorporating various levels of Sandboxing. Eventually it seems, you will only be able to write to the users Documents folder and no where else. I'd don't know what OS and version you are on, but I am not surprised you can not write, wi