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Posted: **Sat Apr 22, 2017 6:33 pm**

I'm trying to develop an app that runs on android and I'm testing the application on an Android Yoga Book.

I've problems to create files from the stack.
Each time I try I get in the result "can't open file".

I have downloaded the attached example from "How do I read/write to files on Mobile?" in livecode lessons.
But also with this stack I always get the same error.

the code for the button of the example is:

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on mouseUp
   set the defaultFolder to specialFolderPath("documents")
   put field "write" into URL ("file:iphonetest.txt")
   answer the result
end mouseUp

I have added the "answer the result" line to check the error.

What i am doing wrong ?

Posted: **Sun Apr 23, 2017 9:30 am**

Hi,

for debugging I'd use a slight change in code:

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on mouseUp
   put specialfolderpath("documents") & slash & "test.txt" into myFile
   answer "MyFile:" & CR & myFile
   put fld "write" into myData
   answer "MyData:" & CR & myData
   put myData into URL ("file:" & myFile)
   answer "file Result:"  & CR & the result
   put myData into URL ("binfile:" & myFile)
   answer "binfile Result:"  & CR & the result
end mouseUp

I don't see any obvious mistakes in your code, so checking all data carefully would be what I'd do. It should give a hint.

Have fun!

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