easy but no quite

[sanford101]

I use the follow function to generate a text file:

FileNumber = FreeFile

Open "c:/Myfile" For Output As #FileNumber
Write #FileNumber, "This is a sample."
Close #FileNumber

this file work fine at my machine after go
through the VB set up procedure. but the problem is that after the program is installed in an another machine, the "Myfile" is no where to be found. anybody has idea what is going wrong?

Thanks a lot.

[BHostmeyer]

Try this instead

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Open "c:\myfile.txt" For Output As #12
Print ascii; file
Print #12, "Information you want in file"
Close #12

The print ascii; file command is why your having the problem

Hope this helps
Brooke

[netSurfer]

I would say that there is something else wrong with it. I've used code just like he does and I've never had a problem. Are you sure that the code is being run? From what I remember (and I could be wrong), the main difference between Write and Print is Print just dumps the string or text to the file, it doesn't do any formatting etc. The Write would put quotes around it etc. I'm just wondering whether the code is being run. Just Open file for Output as #FileNumber should create the file.

[shachar]

Open "c:\myfile" For output As x
Print #x, "hello"

Close dikla

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shachar shaty
israel

[seaweed]

Does the fact that he has a forward slash instead of a backslash have anything to do with it?

i.e. he has:

Open "c:/Myfile"...

instead of:

Open "c:\Myfile"...

Just an observation,

~seaweed

[Bob Baddeley]

I believe I had that problem as well. It would give me a file not found error. To solve it, I did this:

Open "MYFILE.txt" For Random As #Freefile
Close #Freefile
Open "MYFILE.txt" For OutPut As #Freefile
blah blah blah

This would open the file and close it immediately then open it again. The cool part is that if you open it random, then it will create the file if it doesn't exist. Thus, if it exists, great. If it doesn't, it will be created, closed, then opened again for output.

[sanford101]

I believe I had that problem as well. It would give me a file not found error. To solve it, I did this:

Open "MYFILE.txt" For Random As #Freefile
Close #Freefile
Open "MYFILE.txt" For OutPut As #Freefile
blah blah blah

This would open the file and close it immediately then open it again. The cool part is that if you open it random, then it will create the file if it doesn't exist. Thus, if it exists, great. If it doesn't, it will be created, closed, then opened again for output.

That is the solution. You save me a lot of time.

[sanford101]

I believe I had that problem as well. It would give me a file not found error. To solve it, I did this:

Open "MYFILE.txt" For Random As #Freefile
Close #Freefile
Open "MYFILE.txt" For OutPut As #Freefile
blah blah blah

This would open the file and close it immediately then open it again. The cool part is that if you open it random, then it will create the file if it doesn't exist. Thus, if it exists, great. If it doesn't, it will be created, closed, then opened again for output.

That is the solution. You save me a lot of time.