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ACF Library

SaveFile

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Description: Save a text variable to a file, given filename and content

FileMaker Prototype: 

Set Variable [$res; ACFU_SaveFile( string_filename;  string_content)]

Category: BOOTSTRAP

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Function source:

function SaveFile (string filename, string content )
   FunctionID 201;
   int x; 
   x = open (filename, "w"); 
   write (x, content); 
   close ( x ); 
   return 1; 
end

SaveFile is a function to put content on files. It opens the specified file and write the content on it, and closes it.

Example

Set Variable [$res; ACFU_SaveFile( "~/Desktop/MySampleOutput";  "This is the sample content")]

If the file does not exists, it will be created. If the save is successfull, it returns "1", otherwise an error message. The directory path need to exist.

See also: OpenOutputFile

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