ListBox to File Help needed.

[Jerryab]

Can anyone help with getting a list box to a file.

I am having problems getting a list box to a file BY PROMPTING the user for a location and file name to save it by.

I am trying to get a listbox to a file but I need to prompt the user for a path and file name to save the listbox to.

Can someone please help ?

Thanks.

Jerry...

[TJS]

Hi Jerry,

Hope this helps...

str_YourLB = "yourListBoxName";
str_YourTextFile = "\\AutoPlay\\Docs\\yourFile.txt"

-- Count the number of entries in the listbox
num_LBCount = ListBox.GetCount(str_YourLB);

-- Make sure that the listbox had something in it
if num_LBCount ~= -1 then

-- Create a table of all of the listbox items by steping through the listbox 
-- and adding the items to a new table
tbl_LBItems = {};
for num_Counter = 1, num_LBCount, 1 do
tbl_LBItems[num_Counter] = ListBox.GetItemText(str_YourLB, num_Counter);
end

-- Write the contents of the table to a textfile overwriting any previous text
TextFile.WriteFromTable(str_YourTextFile, tbl_LBItems, false);
end

[Jerryab]

I know how to get the listbox to a file what I an having a problem with is:

I have to prompt the user for a path and file name to save the listbox to.

I can't have it go where I want it to go, it has to be chosen by the user.

For some reason I can't get the list box to a chosen path and file name. I tried this line of code but not having much luck with it.

PathFile = Dialog.FileBrowse(false, "Save As", "C:\\", "All Files (*.*)|*.*|", "", "txt", false, false);

I tried this to get the path and file name from the user and have it used with a routine like you posted but it does not work. The routine I use does work if the path and file name is inbeded so I know that part worked.

Any suggestions ?

Jerry

[yosik]

your PathFile is a table, so you have to use it accordingly:

PathFile = Dialog.FileBrowse(false, "Save As", "C:\\", "All Files (*.*)|*.*|", "", "txt", false, false);

str_YourTextFile = PathFile[1];

The rest is as TJS posted.

Good luck

Yossi