Re: Creating an ascii file from FORMS 4.5
From: Francisco Piragibe <piragibe_at_esquadro.com.br>
Date: 1996/07/17
Message-ID: <01bb73d1.6ed91460$7655ffc8_at_chico>#1/1
Date: 1996/07/17
Message-ID: <01bb73d1.6ed91460$7655ffc8_at_chico>#1/1
There's a package in the Developer/2000 environment, called TEXT_IO, that can do exactly what you intend to. It allows one to deal with text files in a way that resembles BASIC; so, you can either read from or write to files at will.
-- Francisco C Piragibe de Almeida Distributed Databases Consultant Phone#: 55-21-2332691 Fax#: 55-21-2537390 e-mail: piragibe_at_esquadro.com.brReceived on Wed Jul 17 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST
> jwright_at_phish.nether.net () wrote in article
<4sgjvu$k6p_at_news.cic.net>...
> I have run into a predicament I have not been able to
solve. I was hoping
> someone might have some insight for me.
>
> I need to create a text file from within a trigger. In
order to use a
> print processing system with my forms applications, I
need to give it a
> few lines of info in a standard ascii file for Windows,
like this:
>
> (CR/LF)
> 032601301
> Joshua Wright
> (CR/LF)
> 0000 0000 0100 1111
> C:\IMAGES\PICTURE.GIF
>
> In a unique filename. Does anyone have an idea on how I
could manage
> this? Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Joshua Wright
>