how to code output to a file

[coolmoss]

What's wrong with the code below? This is just a bit so I can figure out to write to the file for each bar the EFS processes. As it is, it just rights for the last bar.


var f = new File("test.txt");

function preMain(){

}

function main(sTime, eTime){

f.open("wt");
f.writeln(close());
f.close();

return;
}

[Doji3333]

Easy solution...

You file parameters are set to "wt" - which overwrites the file each time...

You want to set it to "at" - for appending...

The easiest way to address this is as follows....

create a function that controls the actions of your write file..

function fcreatefile(vCreateType, vInfo)
{
   if (vCreateType == "NEW") {
    if(!f.exists()) {  
      f.open("wt");
      f.writeln(vInfo);
      f.close();
    } else {
  ///   notice these two are the same - but you may need to do different things here.
      f.open("wt");
      f.writeln(vInfo);
      f.close();
    }
   }

   if (vCreateType == "ADD") {
    if(!f.exists()) {  
      f.open("at");
      f.writeln(vInfo);
      f.close();
    } else {
      f.open("wt");
      f.writeln(vInfo);
      f.close();
    }

   }


} 

The way you would call this function is simple....

To create a NEW FILE...

fcreatefile("NEW", close());

To append to an existing file...

fcreatefile("ADD", close());

[Doji3333]

oops - copy/paste error.

Here is a correction to the code..

function fcreatefile(vCreateType, vInfo)
{
   if (vCreateType == "NEW") {
    if(!f.exists()) {  
      f.open("wt");
      f.writeln(vInfo);
      f.close();
    } else {
  ///   notice these two are the same - but you may need to do different things here.
      f.open("wt");
      f.writeln(vInfo);
      f.close();
    }
   }

   if (vCreateType == "ADD") {
    if(f.exists()) {  
      f.open("at");
      f.writeln(vInfo);
      f.close();
    } else {
      f.open("wt");
      f.writeln(vInfo);
      f.close();
    }

   }


} 

[coolmoss]

Brad, thank you. That did the trick. I have no idea what I'm doing but getting results kinda fun