File io problems

#1 Hi, this is how I read files:

new fileObject( "loadFile" );
%ok = loadFile.openForRead( %filename );
if(%ok == 0) {
	echo("Problem creating file for loading: " @ %filename);
	return;
} else {
	loadFile.readLine(); //read your data
}
loadFile.close();
loadFile.delete(); //delete the fileObject

This works for me. What code do you use?

#2 Hey,
thanks for you quick reply. that does not work for me either. I wonder has it anything to do with how im calling the file name? how do u call a file in the same directory as the .exe i presumed you just called the name

#3 OpenFileForRead is broke, but there is a fix listed here..
www.garagegames.com/index.php?sec=mg&mod=resource&page=view&qid=5054 Hope that helps

#4 The openForRead actually works, since the method is rerouted to another method in the FileObject class. Since this is the public area, I can't go into details here. I had a similar problem once, it turned out, that the engine introduced some strange chars into the filename string when I tried to construct it like this:

%filename = %path @ %name @ "." @ %someid @ ".txt";

I fixed this with somewhat of a hack: I stripped the strange chars from my strings like this:

%path = "starter.fps/saves/";
%someid = %client.someid;  
%name = getTaggedString(%client.name);
%len = strlen(%name);
%name = getSubStr(%name, 2, %len - 3);
%filename = %path @ %name @ "." @ %someid @ ".txt";

I used this to save some player stats, thus the use of %client.name. As I said, this works for me with TGE 1.2

Stefan.

#5 Hey,
thanks for your help guys. turns out it wasnt implemented in my code! thanks for the link sam!