Glad to see you got it working! JB
> On Jun 25, 2020, at 3:25 PM, Prothero-ELS via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
