TextFile.ReadToTable Examples

OverviewExamples

table TextFile.ReadToTable (

string Filename )

Example 1

text_table = TextFile.ReadToTable(_SourceDrive .. "\\Information.txt");

Reads the contents of the file "Information.txt" and stores each line in the table "text_table."

Example 2

-- Read the contents of a text file to a table.

text_contents = TextFile.ReadToTable("C:\\MyFile.txt");

-- Get the error code of the last action.

error = Application.GetLastError();

-- If an error occurred, display the error code message.

if (error ~= 0) then

Dialog.Message("Error", _tblErrorMessages[error], MB_OK, MB_ICONEXCLAMATION);

else

-- Remove the second item in the table (second line in the text file).

Table.Remove(text_contents, 2);

-- Write out the modified text file.

TextFile.WriteFromTable("C:\\MyFile.txt", text_contents, false);

-- Get the error code of the last action.

error = Application.GetLastError();

-- If an error occurred, display the error code message.

if (error ~= 0) then

Dialog.Message("Error", _tblErrorMessages[error], MB_OK, MB_ICONEXCLAMATION);

end

Reads the contents of a text file to a table. The second table entry (second line) is then removed and written back to the text file overwriting its current contents.