Monkeybread Software - MBS Filemaker Plugin: String.WriteTextFile

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String.WriteTextFile

Component: String
Version: 2.4
Mac OS X: Works
Windows: Works

MBS( "String.WriteTextFile"; Text; FilePath; Encoding )

Parameters

Parameter Description Example value

Text The text to save. "Hello World"

FilePath The native file path. Something like "/Users/cs/desktop/test.txt" on Mac and "C:\Programs\Data\test.txt" on Windows. Files without path end in the root directory on Mac. "test.txt"

encoding Optional. Default is native. Can be one of the following strings: ansi, windows, mac, latin1, utf8.

Parameter	Description	Example value
Text	The text to save.	"Hello World"
FilePath	The native file path. Something like "/Users/cs/desktop/test.txt" on Mac and "C:\Programs\Data\test.txt" on Windows. Files without path end in the root directory on Mac.	"test.txt"
encoding	Optional. Default is native. Can be one of the following strings: ansi, windows, mac, latin1, utf8.

Result

Returns "OK" or an error message.

Description

Writes a text file with the given text.
You have to decide which encoding to use (if not native). We support a few encodings, but we can add more if you need something special.

Examples

Write UTF-8 file with some text:

MBS("String.WriteTextFile"; $Text; $Path; "utf8" )

Write a test text file:

MBS("String.WriteTextFile"; "Hello World. Some umlauts: äöü"; "/Users/cs/Desktop/testfile.txt"; "native")

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