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KatMus
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December 11, 2008
Question

create a text file

  • December 11, 2008
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Hi,

I m new to Indesign Programming.
(InDesign Programming CS3 on MAC OS X)

Can someone give me the code to create a .txt file? I saw that there are classes lik SDKFileSaveChooser, OpenChooser aand al. But I jus need to create a file in the path i specify and then write few things into it.

Can anyone help me with the code to create a .txt file in a fixed path(path of the appln folder)?

Pls guide me...

Thanks..
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_tnhems_
Known Participant
December 11, 2008
IDFile file;
FileUtils::GetAppInstallationFolder(&file);
FileUtils::AppendPath(&file, PMString("CheckBox.txt", -1, PMString::kNoTranslate));
FileUtils::OpenFile(file, "wt");

Thanks a lot John.. It worked...
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_tnhems_
Known Participant
December 11, 2008
Thanks a lot for ur reply John...
I need to create a file... Is there any method to create files in IDFile.h....
I really donno much about this...if u don mind, Pls guide me ...
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_John_Duff_
Participating Frequently
December 11, 2008
Hi,
You should use IDFile and standard IO in C.
See documentation and samples.
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KatMusAuthor
Known Participant
December 11, 2008
I tried this:
AFile file;
AString path = "/Macintosh HD/Users/laser/Desktop/";
AString namePrefix = "PicIcoText.txt";
file.SetPath(path);
file.SetName(namePrefix);
file.MakeFile(true, NULL);
CAlert::InformationAlert("File created");

The alert is popped up, but file is not created. Is this correct to create a .txt file? or is there something with the way i specified the path...
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