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chipanpriest

Wed Dec 21, 2011 4:46 pm


Creating .txt on desktop

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I am creating a program that creates a number of text files based on the user's input. What I need help with, is how to save the .txt files to the desktop because if you do what I did, it says that it cant find it because there is no folder named "desktop" in the turing folder. So if anyone could help me out, I would appreciate it.

open : file, "Desktop/hey" + intstr (ch (i)) + ".txt", put, mod, seek



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DemonWasp

Wed Dec 21, 2011 4:56 pm


RE:Creating .txt on desktop

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The Desktop folder is actually located under your home folder. For example, mine would be C:\Users\DemonWasp\Desktop on Windows Vista/7 or C:\Documents and Settings\DemonWasp\Desktop on Windows XP and earlier.


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Tony

Wed Dec 21, 2011 5:01 pm


RE:Creating .txt on desktop

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Yeah, it would be kind of weird for the Desktop folder to be inside of the Turing folder :P

(in specific -- relative vs. absolute path)


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ProgrammingFun

Wed Dec 21, 2011 6:04 pm


RE:Creating .txt on desktop

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Considering that it's always gonna be windows, you  can try:

open : file, "$Desktop/hey" + intstr (ch (i)) + ".txt", put, mod, seek 


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chipanpriest

Wed Dec 21, 2011 6:30 pm


RE:Creating .txt on desktop

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that didnt work lol but i got it to work on my computer i was just wondering if i could have gotten it to work on any computer


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ProgrammingFun

Wed Dec 21, 2011 7:01 pm


RE:Creating .txt on desktop

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You could always ask the user for the save/open path. ;)