Importing text file to save as a custom property

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Hello everyone,

I've been having some difficulty trying to save a custom property from a locally saved text file. I was looking around the runrev documentation and I basically want to recreate this effect shown in Step 4. http://lessons.runrev.com/s/lessons/m/4 ... -LiveCode-

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on preOpenStack
   loadFile
   put the cProperty of this stack into field "MyProperty"
end preOpenStack

on loadFile
   put(URL("file://mnt/sdcard/myproperty.txt")) into tPath
   if there is a file tPath then
      set the cMyPropertyof this stack to URL("file://mnt/sdcard/myproperty.txt")
   end if
end loadInGameMoney

I know that this URL works because I am able to successfully save the file to that location, but I just can't seem to load the values back in. Would anyone have any advice on how I can do this? Thank you!

[sturgis]

if you use the URL keyword (put URL "file:path/to/file.txt") you are putting the contents of the file into tPath
Then when you check o see if there is a file it will fail because you're checking the contents of the file, not a path.

Also, "there is a file.." expects a regular old path. Don't use "file:" as part of it. file: and binfile: tell the engine how to handle the file when you are working with its contents.

To make this work, put the path into tpath
put "/mnt/sdcard/myproperty.txt" into tPath

then check for its existence
if there is a file tPath then set the cMyProperty of this stack to to URL ("file:" & tpath)

Also, though its probably a typo, you have "set the cMyPropertyof..." so change it to "the cMyProperty of"

Also don't believe you need a // (file://) when accessing the url. file:/path/to/file should be the way to go.