need help writing to .txt file

[Tapeworm]

hi guys, Im trying to make a script through which you can write to a .txt file without opening it.

for example

$var = inputbox("???","???")

then i want to save $var into a .txt file on line 2 (for example), without actually opening the .txt file ofcourse. any ideas how i can do this?

[AdmiralAlkex]

Check FileWrite() and/or FileWriteLine() in the helpfile!

[Tapeworm]

as far as I understand, you need the .txt file open for that. I want to write to the .txt file while its closed. or did i miss something ?

[monoceres]

as far as I understand, you need the .txt file open for that. I want to write to the .txt file while its closed. or did i miss something ?

That doesn't make any sense, that's like asking how to access a safe without opening it.

[JustinReno]

@OP:

Its impossible to write to a file without opening it. You do not have to use the file open function (_FileOpen()), just use FileWrite. It will open and close the handle as needed.

[Squirrely1]

#include <File.au3>
_FileWriteToLine ( $sFile, $iLine, $sText [, $fOverWrite] )

[AU3Newbie]

@OP:

Its impossible to write to a file without opening it. You do not have to use the file open function (_FileOpen()), just use FileWrite. It will open and close the handle as needed.

In Au3 HELP FILE,use fileopen and fileclose is needed.

I dunno why the help file tell us to do this,while AHK Fileappend needed in HELP FILE.

[PsaltyDS]

In Au3 HELP FILE,use fileopen and fileclose is needed.

I dunno why the help file tell us to do this,while AHK Fileappend needed in HELP FILE.

When you open the file with FileOpen() first, it gives you more options, that's all. If you pass a string path to FileWrite(), you will get the default behavior of appending in ANSI format (with an exception that binary data will be appended in binary "byte by byte"). If you want anything other than that default behavior, you need to use FileOpen() first to define your preference and pass the handle to FileWrite().

The _FileWriteToLine() function does not accept a handle, because it needs control over the mode as it switches between reading and writing to the file.

Perhaps the help file could be clearer on that point, but the behavior is logical and consistent.

P.S. There is not now, nor will there ever be, any effort here to make AutoIt resemble AHK, so why bring that up?

Edited April 18, 2008 by PsaltyDS