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link76
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get contents file

Post by link76 » Fri Oct 04, 2019 2:08 pm

I save my map file (map.html) in the special folder to be displayed in the mobile device browser and works perfectly!

I would like to retrieve the contents of the map.html file in my device mobile, so that it can modify it.

Trying this motion I recover only the url of the route.

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set the defaultFolder to specialFolderPath("documents")
put "url:" & defaultfolder & "/map.html" into contentsMapFile
....
replace "aaaaaa," with "bbbb" in contentsMapFile 
thanks

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Re: get contents file

Post by Klaus » Fri Oct 04, 2019 2:16 pm

1. No need to set the defaultfolder.
2. You forgot the FILE: in the URL function
3. URL is a LC function, so NO quotes here!
Do this:

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put URL("file:" & specialFolderPath("documents") & "/map.html") into contentsMapFile
....
replace "aaaaaa," with "bbbb" in contentsMapFile 
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## Write back if neccessary:
put contentsMapFile into URL("file:" & specialFolderPath("documents") & "/map.html")
...
You will find all this in the dictionary! 8)

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