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1. LOADTEXT - option 'S'

#3957

Posted by: misi01 2004-04-29 20:53:51

Jeff - experimenting with the following code


next = MATCHNAME(,"mstools", file_name, , )

DO WHILE next <> 'DONE' 
	rc = LOADTEXT("Ms.", full_path||'usage\'||mstools, 'TLB') 
	rc = LOADTEXT("Ms.", full_path||'usage\appended.txt', 'S') 
	next = MATCHNAME(,"mstools", file_name, , )
END

and I get the impression that the 'S' options ALWAYS writes from record 1 (ie, this is NOT an option to append the contents of multiple files to one file). Am I correct ??

Michael

2. Re: LOADTEXT - option 'S'

#3958

Posted by: misi01 2004-04-29 21:00:55

Ha !!! Found the answer myself after mucking around:


DO WHILE next <> 'DONE' 
    rc = LOADTEXT("Ms.", full_path||'usage\'||mstools, 'TLB') 
    CALL STREAM(fileout, 'C', 'OPEN WRITE APPEND')
    rc = LOADTEXT("Ms.", fileout, 'S') 
    next = MATCHNAME(,"mstools", file_name, , )
END

Neat

Michael

3. Re: LOADTEXT - option 'S'

#5096

Posted by: Jeff Glatt 2004-09-16 07:54:36

Right. If you have opened the file yourself (prior to calling LOADTEXT), then LOADTEXT will append saved data upon each call. The implication of this is, of course, if you open a file yourself, then you also need to close it yourself if you don't want this behavior.

I should note that it is best to open the file once outside of your loop. And then of course, close it when done with your loop. Also, you should use DO UNTIL instead of DO WHILE. Otherwise, your loop will not execute even once if "next" happens to be initially set to the value 'DONE'. And since you've omitted error checking, you really should be using the NOTREADY condition:

STREAM(fileout, 'C', 'OPEN WRITE APPEND') /* Do not use APPEND if
  you want to erase the previous contents of the file */
DO UNTIL next \== "" 
   LOADTEXT('Ms.', full_path||'usage\'||mstools, 'TLB') 
   LOADTEXT('Ms.', fileout, 'S')
   next = MATCHNAME(, 'mstools', file_name)

   CATCH NOTREADY
      CONDITION('M')

   FINALLY
      STREAM(fileout, 'C', 'CLOSE')
END

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