Copy file path to a txt file

[fil]

Hi everyone.

First let me say that I am new to AutoIT so probably there is something fundamental that I miss in my problem.

What I want to do is very easy.

I have created a GUI (see attachment) and I have an input field.

I created a "Browse" button when you click it the "Open File Dialog Box" appears and the path of the selected file is passed to the input box.

When you click on the "Copy" button the path should be written to a txt file. But it does not.

I created another button calles "Show Box" that shows the value of the input box and it seems to be ok.

The thing is that if I just write some text in the input box and click copy, everything works fine.

Even if I copy paste the path (NOT using the "Browse" button) it works fine.

So, I would really appreciate any help regarding how to make it work with the "Browse" button.

PS: Check the attachment. It is the GUI mentioned before.

Thank you.

fil_file.au3

[MrMitchell]

It's putting "file.txt" in the directory you browse to. You'll need to change Working Directory or specify a full path when you write to file.txt.

Check the help file for FileOpenDialog(), it sets @WorkingDir on successful return...

Edited October 25, 2010 by MrMitchell

[Spiff59]

Welcome to Autoit!

And for a first post, that's a darn fine example script!

In addition to MrMitchells valid point, I can offer the following tips:

When you created your InputBox control, you assigned the controlID created to the variable $path.

If you make one little change to your script all the ID's assigned to your controls can change, so when referencing a control, you ought to use the assigned variable rather than a hard-coded controlID, so

GUICtrlRead(4,1)

ought to be

GUICtrlRead($path,1)

There are two methods for using FileRead() and FileWrite(), one does not require FileOpen() or Fileclose() commands, and uses a file/pathname as it's argument. The other method uses a file handle created with a FileOpen() statement, like:

$filehandle = FileOpen("file.txt")
FileWrite($filehandle, $temp_path)
FileClose($filehandle)

You're mixing the two methods...

Also I don't think FileFindFirstFile() is appropriate for your usage, you'd find a simple FileExists() command more to your liking I think.

Edited October 25, 2010 by Spiff59

[fil]

Thank you guys for the help.

I fixed it with @ScriptDir and it works fine.

Thak you MrMitchell for the help

Spiff59 I really appreciate your tips how to handle files and the values in my inputs.

Thanks once more.

[MrMitchell]

Script was clean and easy to read, very nice...makes it much easier to help and get help