Help to create and dump a text file needed

merril

I'm trying to create a text file with data in. I looked in the help and found the following code:

OutFile.TEXTMODE(TRUE); 
OutFile.WRITEMODE(TRUE); 

OutFile.CREATE('c:\msr.txt');
gbolFileCreated := TRUE; 

OutFile.CREATEOUTSTREAM(OutStream); 
OutStream.WRITETEXT('To: someone@somewhere.com'); 
OutStream.WRITETEXT(); 
OutStream.WRITETEXT('From: "Navison NAS" <superawesomeperson@somewhere.com>'); 
OutStream.WRITETEXT(); 
OutStream.WRITETEXT('Subject: Whatever'); 
OutStream.WRITETEXT(); 
OutStream.WRITETEXT('MIME-Version: 1.0'); 
OutStream.WRITETEXT(); 
OutStream.WRITETEXT('Content-Type: text/html;'); 
OutStream.WRITETEXT(); 
OutStream.WRITETEXT(' charset="iso-8859-1"'); 
OutStream.WRITETEXT(); 
OutStream.WRITETEXT('Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable '); 
OutStream.WRITETEXT(); 
OutStream.WRITETEXT('BODY OF EMAIL HERE<br>'); 
OutStream.WRITETEXT('Additional Lines below!!!!'); 
OutFile.CLOSE(); 

I have declared the Outfile as type File. But when I compile this code, I get an error

type of conversion is not possible because 1 of the operators contains an invalid type . Outstream. := Type

What is the problem here? Is this the best way to create a text file with data in?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Merril

kriki

BTW : it is possible that the error is created by the

OutStream.WRITETEXT();

maybe you should put this (didn't try it):

OutStream.WRITETEXT('');

But the outstream is not really necessary.
Try this:

OutFile.TEXTMODE(TRUE);
OutFile.WRITEMODE(TRUE);
OutFile.CREATE('c:\msr.txt');

OutFile.WRITE('To: someone@somewhere.com');
OutFile.WRITE('');
OutFile.WRITE('From: "Navison NAS" <superawesomeperson@somewhere.com>');
OutFile.WRITE('');
OutFile.WRITE('Subject: Whatever');
...
OutFile.CLOSE();

Xypher

OutStream.WRITETEXT();

This statement should work fine,


How do you have your variables declared?

The code you have supplied works fine for me, are you sure you have declared 'OutStream' as datatype OutStream? (Also you might want to use less ambiguous variable names. How about 'oStream' ?)

einsTeIn.NET

I thought it isn't possible to name an OutStream variable "OutStream". :?

Xypher

einsTeIn.NET wrote:

I thought it isn't possible to name an OutStream variable "OutStream". :?

Yeah I was thinking somewhat the same, until I tried it out 8-[

merril

I have declared Outfile as File. If I declare Outstream as type outstream, I get an error: "The variable outstream is defined more than once"

kriki

merril wrote:

I have declared Outfile as File. If I declare Outstream as type outstream, I get an error: "The variable outstream is defined more than once"

Because you can't name a variable "Outstream". It is a keyword, so you can't use it as a variable (like "einsTeIn.NET" suggested).