Open text doc. and save to Desk Top

[Bruce]

OK…. My client would like to have the results of their test (Tiggs) to be copied to a .txt doc and then save that .txt to the end users Desk Top. Hummmm any ideas?

[Lorne]

Re: Open text doc. and save to Desk Top

I have three words for you:

<ol type="1">[*]Text File - Write[*]%Desktop% (or %DesktopNT%)[*]RTFM [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif[/img][/list=a]

[Bruce]

Re: Open text doc. and save to Desk Top

RTFM? [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]

[Bruce]

Re: Open text doc. and save to Desk Top

LOL Ok... One word:
WHAT! lol. how about just a few more words.
Here's what I have going on:
I need from the test...
%SelectedAnswers%
%FinalScore%
and a date of some kind on the text file. I tried your three word answer but it didn't fly for me. Where do I put your info, which boxes?
Thx Lorne.

[Brett]

Re: Open text doc. and save to Desk Top

Bruce,

How about:

%Date% = System.GetDateTime ( "Date", "North American Date")
%TextFileData% = "%Date% %SelectedAnswers% TOTAL: %FinalScore%"
TextFile.Write ("%Desktop%\TestResults.txt", "%TextFileData%")

or in cut-and-pastable code:

<IR_ACTIONS_LIST>
<Action name="Get Date Time">
<Type>139</Type>
<Function>0</Function>
<DTIndentLevel>0</DTIndentLevel>
<Enabled>1</Enabled>
<ErrorHandling>
<UserNotificationMode>2</UserNotificationMode>
<CustomErrorMessage/>
<OnErrorAction>0</OnErrorAction>
<JumpToLabel/>
</ErrorHandling>
<Variable>%Date%</Variable>
<ReturnType>0</ReturnType>
<Date>0</Date>
<Time>0</Time>
</Action>
<Action name="Set Value">
<Type>6</Type>
<Function>0</Function>
<DTIndentLevel>0</DTIndentLevel>
<Enabled>1</Enabled>
<ErrorHandling>
<UserNotificationMode>2</UserNotificationMode>
<CustomErrorMessage/>
<OnErrorAction>0</OnErrorAction>
<JumpToLabel/>
</ErrorHandling>
<Variable>%TextFileData%</Variable>
<Value>%Date%
%SelectedAnswers%
TOTAL: %FinalScore%</Value>
<Evaluate>0</Evaluate>
</Action>
<Action name="Write">
<Type>32</Type>
<Function>0</Function>
<DTIndentLevel>0</DTIndentLevel>
<Enabled>1</Enabled>
<ErrorHandling>
<UserNotificationMode>2</UserNotificationMode>
<CustomErrorMessage/>
<OnErrorAction>0</OnErrorAction>
<JumpToLabel/>
</ErrorHandling>
<FileName>%Desktop%\TestResults.txt</FileName>
<DataToWrite>%TextFileData%</DataToWrite>
<IfFileExists>0</IfFileExists>
</Action>
</IR_ACTIONS_LIST>

[Bruce]

Re: Open text doc. and save to Desk Top

Ooook I see now...I'm brain dead! Thx

[Lorne]

Re: Open text doc. and save to Desk Top

RTFM?

It's short for Read The F... Manual. In this case, I meant it in an entirely friendly way, since I didn't have time to provide a full explanation or a complete example, but could only point you in the general direction of the answer, the details of which you could figure out by reading the f...well, you get the idea. [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[Bruce]

Re: Open text doc. and save to Desk Top

LOL Frick'in frack'in!

[TJ_Tigger]

Re: Open text doc. and save to Desk Top

Being an Instructor I usually use the RTFM in my classes as an "If all else fails . . ." scenario.

I however change the well known version of RTFM to mean

Read The Free Manual as all of the manuals for our products ship on the CD with the product. :-)

[Bruce]

Re: Open text doc. and save to Desk Top

Lorne-
Is there a way in AMS to confirm if I should use one or the other?

[Lorne]

Re: Open text doc. and save to Desk Top

One or the other what? [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[Bruce]

Re: Open text doc. and save to Desk Top

LOL Sorry!
%Desktop% (or %DesktopNT%)

[Lorne]

Re: Open text doc. and save to Desk Top

It depends what you (or the user) wants to do.

First off, %DesktopNT% is only needed on NT, so if it isn't NT4/2K/XP, just use %Desktop%.

If it is an NT OS, then use %Desktop% if you only want the text file to appear on the current user's desktop, or use %DesktopNT% if you want the text file to appear on all users' desktops.

As to which you should use, you could ask the user, but it probably makes more sense in this case to use %Desktop%, since I assume none of the other users need to see the current user's test results.

[Bruce]

Re: Open text doc. and save to Desk Top

Soooo, if understand you correctly... %Desktop% would place the file on the current user's desktop only as opposed to the desktop of all users on the network. Yes?

[Lorne]

Re: Open text doc. and save to Desk Top

No, as apposed to the desktops of all users on that system. This has nothing to do with the network.

You know how different users can log into a PC? Under NT/2K/XP, each user has their own settings, their own My Documents folder, their own desktop folder, etc. The user-specific desktop folder is what %Desktop% is referring to.

If you log into your PC as Bruce, and copy a file onto your desktop, it goes into a path like this:

C:\Documents and Settings\Bruce\DESKTOP

If you log in as Samantha, and copy a file onto your desktop, it goes here instead:

C:\Documents and Settings\Samantha\DESKTOP

If you log in as Bruce, you can't see the files on Samantha's desktop, and vice-versa.

In both cases, that's %Desktop%. If you're logged in as Bruce, %Desktop% will be C:\Documents and Settings\Bruce\DESKTOP. If you're logged in as Samantha, %Desktop% will be C:\Documents and Settings\Samantha\DESKTOP.

Now, %DesktopNT% points to a path like this:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\DESKTOP

Any files put there are seen by all users. So, if you copied a file into that path, it would be on the desktop if you logged in as Bruce, and it would also be there if you logged in as Samantha.