On 8/26/04 6:26 PM, "Robert Covington" <artlythere@...> wrote: > > On Thursday, August 26, 2004, at 06:48 PM, Brian Heibert wrote: > >> Ok I got the OpenDialog appearing I can't test it to see if it will >> open my >> files until my savedialog works >> >> >> OPEN: >> OPEN "ID",#1,vRefNum% >> READ FILE #1,container$ >> CLOSE #1 >> >> What do I put for SAVE: >> >> Brian > > Do you mean Container$, or Container$$? > > if you meant Save as the reverse your above, then you'll need to > specify things a bit differently for a true container$$ when using > Write statements. > > rc > >> >> >> On 8/24/04 11:23 PM, "George Beckman" <gbeckman@...> wrote: >> >>> Brian, >>> >>> The FN you are looking for is in Files in the help. Then check out >>> Open. You open and close files by number. >>> >>> However, what you do next depends on what kind of information you >>> want to save. FB has ways to save edit fields, numbers, strings, >>> records, etc. (I am not trying to confuse you.) But if we knew what >>> kind of information you need to save and retrieve, we can direct you >>> to >>> a closer model of what you have in mind. >>> >>> Much of my work saves arrarys of strings and arrays of numbers. I >>> tend to save the whole block of memory and then work on the >>> information >>> when I have it loaded in a memory block. I am using Write File #1 >>> and >>> Read File #1 to do this. >>> >>> You can also use Read and Write for single pieces of information. >>> These can be found in the help also. >>> >>> At first all this can be very daunting, but once you get one little >>> piece of a file working, you can expand quite easily. >>> >>> I am cobbling together a simple (untested) model to save two integers, >>> gMyFont% and gMySize%. >>> >>> dim gMyFileSpec as fsSpec >>> >>> gSaveName$=Files$(_fsspecOpen,"YRFL",,gMyFileSpec) (YRFL would = >>> file >>> creator...) >>> >>> 'produces a get file dialog >>> >>> OPEN "O",#1,@gMyFileSpec 'opens the file >>> WRITE#1, gMyFont% 'saves >>> WRITE#1, gMySize% >>> CLOSE #1 'closes the file >>> >>> to read it back in Open "I" and use Read#1 >>> ---- >>> Best Wishes, >>> >>> George >>> http://www.pggp.com >>> On Aug 24, 2004, at 8:30 PM, Brian Heibert wrote: >>> >>>> Where can I find a example on how to open & save files? >>>> >>>> I am using FB 4 >>> >>> -- >>> >> >> -- >> > > -- > Actually I meant container$ I didn't realize it had another meaning as container$$ until now I am using container$ as a string Container$ = EDIT$(1)