Need help with Editing a file

[Thrawn]

Hi there.

A friend of mine sent me a link to this page some days ago and I really love AutoIT, well done

But this also means that I'm a total noob

Here is my problem: I've got a text file, that is opened by my program. The interior (a single line) is being displayed in an InputBox. This works fine but if I change it, the changes get only then saved when I quit the program, and this is somehow strange. I built in a Save button that should have the job to initiate the save process, but if I press it, the file gets saved empty and then when I close the program, the file is again saved, but then with the wished text of the InputBox.

Now what I want to have: I want the the content of the input box to get saved whenever I change it (so it's going to change "live"). If this is not possible, I would like to have a save button working so the saving process happens when pressing this button.

Now here's my code:

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#include <GuiConstants.au3>

GUICreate("Ca3DE Compile Map Tool",512,384)

$file = FileOpen ( "mapname.txt", 0 )
$mapname_file = FileReadLine ( $file , 1 )


;Input-Box
$Edit_1 = GuiCtrlCreateInput($mapname_file, 13, 17, 150, 20)

;Buttons

$Button_2 = GuiCtrlCreateButton("Save", 180, 10, 100, 30)

; Labels
GuiCtrlCreateGroup("Map name", 5, 0, 166, 45)

GuiSetState()

While 1
    $msg = GuiGetMsg()
    Select
      Case $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
       ;Destroy the GUI including the controls
         GUIDelete()
       ;Exit the script
         Exit
    Case $msg = $Button_2
        $file1 = FileOpen ( "mapname.txt","2")
        $content = GuiCtrlRead($Edit_1)
        $mapname_file = FileWrite($file1,$content)  
        
   ;Case Else
   ;;;
    EndSelect
WEnd

GUIDelete()

Exit

Can anybody please help mit with this? I'm looking forward on receiving your help and/or hint(s)

[JSThePatriot]

Hi there.

A friend of mine sent me a link to this page some days ago and I really love AutoIT, well done   

But this also means that I'm a total noob 

Here is my problem: I've got a text file, that is opened by my program. The interior (a single line) is being displayed in an InputBox. This works fine but if I change it, the changes get only then saved when I quit the program, and this is somehow strange. I built in a Save button that should have the job to initiate the save process, but if I press it, the file gets saved empty and then when I close the program, the file is again saved, but then with the wished text of the InputBox.

Now what I want to have: I want the the content of the input box to  get saved whenever I change it (so it's going to change "live"). If this is not possible, I would like to have a save button working so the saving process happens when pressing this button.

Now here's my code:

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#include <GuiConstants.au3>

GUICreate("Ca3DE Compile Map Tool",512,384)

$file = FileOpen ( "mapname.txt", 0 )
$mapname_file = FileReadLine ( $file , 1 )
;Input-Box
$Edit_1 = GuiCtrlCreateInput($mapname_file, 13, 17, 150, 20)

;Buttons

$Button_2 = GuiCtrlCreateButton("Save", 180, 10, 100, 30)

; Labels
GuiCtrlCreateGroup("Map name", 5, 0, 166, 45)

GuiSetState()

While 1
    $msg = GuiGetMsg()
    Select
      Case $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
      ;Destroy the GUI including the controls
         GUIDelete()
      ;Exit the script
         Exit
    Case $msg = $Button_2
        $file1 = FileOpen ( "mapname.txt","2")
        $content = GuiCtrlRead($Edit_1)
        $mapname_file = FileWrite($file1,$content)  
        
  ;Case Else
  ;;;
    EndSelect
WEnd

GUIDelete()

Exit

Can anybody please help mit with this? I'm looking forward on receiving your help and/or hint(s)

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Modified your code and it works like a charm. You were trying to open the file twice, so it overwrote itself with a blank file. You have to close the file. Below is your working code.

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#include <GuiConstants.au3>

GUICreate("Ca3DE Compile Map Tool",512,384)

$file = FileOpen ( "mapname.txt", 0 )
$mapname_file = FileReadLine ( $file , 1 )
FileClose($file);Added FileClose()


;Input-Box
$Edit_1 = GuiCtrlCreateInput($mapname_file, 13, 17, 150, 20)

;Buttons

$Button_2 = GuiCtrlCreateButton("Save", 180, 10, 100, 30)

; Labels
GuiCtrlCreateGroup("Map name", 5, 0, 166, 45)

GuiSetState()

While 1
    $msg = GuiGetMsg()
    Select
      Case $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
      ;Destroy the GUI including the controls
         GUIDelete()
      ;Exit the script
         Exit
    Case $msg = $Button_2
        $file = FileOpen ( "mapname.txt","2")
        $content = GuiCtrlRead($Edit_1)
        $mapname_file = FileWrite($file,$content)
        FileClose($file);Added FileClose()
        
  ;Case Else
  ;;;
    EndSelect
WEnd

GUIDelete()

Exit

I hope that helps.

JS

[Thrawn]

Yes, thank you very much! That works perfect! Thank you for the quick reply

[JSThePatriot]

Not a problem at all. I enjoy helping.

JS