JB, Thanks for the comment. Yes, I went back to my previous use of “_” in the file name. All is working now. It was the difference between “l” and “L” in a file name. Sheesh! Bill
William Prothero https://earthlearningsolutions.org > On Jun 25, 2020, at 2:27 PM, JB via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > I don’t think the underscore character “_” should cause any problems > in the pathname but if you use a space in the name you need to be > sure and enclose the pathname in quotes or it will fail. > > JB > >> On Jun 25, 2020, at 1:53 PM, Terry Judd via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> On 26/06/2020, 02:40, "use-livecode on behalf of William Prothero via >> use-livecode" <use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> Jacqueline: >> Thanks for responding. I am really stuck on this. >> >> I can write the file, and get a list of the files I write, but when I try >> to read the file using the same code to create the filepaths, etc, the read >> routine says the file doesn’t exist. It all works in the dev environment. I >> had used a “_” char in the filenames, so I removed it. The read routine >> can’t find the file. Very wierd. >> >> I’m going to try to make a very simple test case that I can run on my >> phone and post it, but I’m going to take a break. I’ve posted my file >> reading and writing code here, but there is probably too much to go through. >> >> Thanks for responding, >> Bill >> >> >> Hi Bill - here's an example script that I use cross-platform (desktop, iOS >> and Android) for reading and writing a settings file using >> specialFoderPath("documents") on mobile and specialFolderPath("support") on >> desktop. In this case the 'settings' are an array that are stored in a >> multipurpose global array (gData). >> >> Terry... >> >> global gData >> >> on setPaths >> switch environment() >> case "mobile" >> put specialFolderPath("documents")&"/" into tFolder >> break >> default >> put specialFolderPath("support")&"/myAppName/" into tFolder >> if not (there is a folder tFolder) then >> create folder tFolder >> end if >> end switch >> put tFolder&"settings.dat" into gData["paths"]["settings"] >> end setPaths >> >> on loadSettings >> put gData["paths"]["settings"] into tPath >> put url ("binfile:"&tPath) into tSettings >> if tSettings is not empty then >> put arrayDecode(tSettings) into tSettingsA >> if tSettingsA is an array then >> put tSettingsA into gData["settings"] >> else >> # invalid settings data >> end if >> else >> # no settings file >> end if >> end loadSettings >> >> on updateSettings >> put gData["paths"]["settings"] into tPath >> put gData["settings"] into tSettings >> put arrayEncode(tSettings) into tSettings >> put tSettings into url ("binfile:"&tPath) >> end updateSettings >> >> on clearSettings >> put gData["paths"]["settings"] into tPath >> if there is a file tPath then delete file tPath >> end clearSettings >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
