How to overwrite a file

[leuce]

G'day everyone

I know that I can open a file with FileOpen, and that I can append to that file using FileWrite, but how do I overwrite an existing file with a new, empty file, so that whatever I write to it, is the only thing that is written to it? One method might be to tell AutoIt to delete the original file before executing a FileOpen (which will then create the file), but is there a way to simply create a file and save it and not get an error message even though the file already exists?

Thanks

Samuel

PS There's no code yet, but I'll post it when I write it.

[pecloe]

FileOpen ( "filename", mode )

Parameters

filename Filename of the text file to open.

mode Mode (read or write) to open the file in.

0 = Read mode

1 = Write mode (append to end of file)

2 = Write mode (erase previous contents) <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Both write modes will create the file if it does not already exist.

not quite what you want

Edited March 7, 2006 by pecloe

[leuce]

Both write modes will create the file if it does not already exist.

Let me explain. There is already a file named Foo.txt in the folder. I want AutoIt to create a new file called Foo.txt and overwrite the existing file Foo.txt without asking. Or to put it a different way: I want AutoIt to open the file Foo.txt and overwrite (not append) the existing contents with new content.

[pecloe]

" 2 = Write mode (erase previous contents) "

since foo.txt already exists mode 2 will overwrite without a prompt (at least in production)

[leuce]

" 2 = Write mode (erase previous contents) "

Thanks... I didn't see your <<<<<<<<<< in the previous post.

[Valuater]

lots of times i just delete the previous file or create a backup copy

FileDelete(@ScriptDir & "\Address.bak")
FileCopy(@ScriptDir & "\Address.ini, @ScriptDir & "\Address.bak", 1)
FileDelete(@ScriptDir & "\Address.ini")
FileWriteLine(@ScriptDir & "\Address.ini, "[Address]")

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[=sinister=]

look at this script -

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.ph...topic=21797&hl=