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[chewy]

Func _RemoveLeadingCharsFromFile($sInFile, $sOutFile, $iRemoveChars)

Local $sAll, $hFile

$sAll = FileRead($sInFile, FileGetSize($sInFile))

$hFile = Fileopen($sOutFile, 2)

FileWrite($hFile, stringmid($sAll, $iRemoveChars + 1,filegetsize($sInFile)))

FileClose($hFile)

EndFunc

remember i am new at this

[phillip123adams]

  chewy said:

Func _RemoveLeadingCharsFromFile($sInFile, $sOutFile, $iRemoveChars)

    Local $sAll, $hFile

    $sAll = FileRead($sInFile, FileGetSize($sInFile))

    $hFile = Fileopen($sOutFile, 2)

    FileWrite($hFile, stringmid($sAll, $iRemoveChars + 1,filegetsize($sInFile)))

    FileClose($hFile)

EndFunc

remember i am new at this

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

New's okay! Good try, had me going for a few seconds. The problem is that when the output file is opened, it is necessarily opened in write mode, which means it erases every thing in the existing file. As such, FileGetSize returns zero when used at the point you are using it.

If you want to specify the count, or you are not using the latest version of AutoIt, here's the revised function:

Func _RemoveLeadingCharsFromFile($sInFile, $sOutFile, $iRemoveChars)
   Local $sAll, $hFile, $iSize
   $iSize = FileGetSize($sInFile)
   $sAll = FileRead($sInFile, $iSize)
   $hFile = Fileopen($sOutFile, 2)
   FileWrite($hFile, stringmid($sAll, $iRemoveChars + 1, $iSize))
   FileClose($hFile)
EndFunc

[chewy]

Thanks! works perfect now! thanks for the help!

[phillip123adams]

  chewy said:

Thanks! works perfect now! thanks for the help!

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

You're welcome.

[chewy]

another question about this. Now I also need to erase the last character in the file.

This is what I use to delete the first 2 characters and it work perfect

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Func _RemoveLeadingCharsFromFile($sInFile, $sOutFile, $iRemoveChars)

    Local $sAll, $hFile

    $sAll = FileRead($sInFile, FileGetSize($sInFile))

    $hFile = Fileopen($sOutFile, 2)

    FileWrite($hFile, stringmid($sAll, $iRemoveChars + 1,filegetsize($sInFile)))

    FileClose($hFile)

EndFunc

now I need to delete out the last character in the file.

Any ideas?

[GaryFrost]

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