how to create/rewrite a file

[chase is my name]

I looked through the forum headers and didn't see a topic relating to this so sorry if this has already been addressed before.

Motive: To create or rewrite my bot files

Problem: We have the WriteLnFile command to apppend (add) text to an existing file but no rewrite or create file command. I tried using the raw pascal equivalent, but there is no such variable as a textfile, and therefore i can't assign a file handler to the ReWrite Pascal command. If we had access to the Pascal ReWrite command then we could create/rewrite i  believe. Any workaround to this or something i'm missing?

Problem: The second problem is that the bots folder is a subdirectory of the soldat directory. I was thinking of getting around this by putting shortcuts in the bots folder and the actual bot files themselves sitting in the soldat directory. Would this work?

Thanks
Chase is my name

[urraka]

You can use these:

WriteFile
ReadFile

[Avarax]

WriteFile(Filename,text:string);

WriteFile also automatically overwrites old files, so it fits your purpose of rewriting. here's an example which would create a .bot file, chr(13) + chr(10) are linebreaks.

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WriteFile('/bots/Boogie Man.bot','[BOT]' + chr(13) + chr(10) + 'Name=Boogie Man' + chr(13) + chr(10) + 'Color1=$00663633' + chr(13) + chr(10) + 'Color2=$00663633' + chr(13) + chr(10) + 'Skin_Color=$00FFF1F0' + chr(13) + chr(10) + 'Hair_Color=$00010101' + chr(13) + chr(10) + 'Favourite_Weapon=Chainsaw' + chr(13) + chr(10) + 'Secondary_Weapon=0' + chr(13) + chr(10) + 'Friend=' + chr(13) + chr(10) + 'Accuracy=0''Shoot_Dead=0' + chr(13) + chr(10) + 'Grenade_Frequency=10000' + chr(13) + chr(10) + 'Camping=255' + chr(13) + chr(10) + 'OnStartUse=255' + chr(13) + chr(10) + 'Hair=0' + chr(13) + chr(10) + 'Headgear=0' + chr(13) + chr(10) + 'Chain=0' + chr(13) + chr(10) + 'Chat_Frequency=222' + chr(13) + chr(10) + 'Chat_Kill=' + chr(13) + chr(10) + 'Chat_Dead=' + chr(13) + chr(10) + 'Chat_Lowhealth=' + chr(13) + chr(10) + 'Chat_SeeEnemy=' + chr(13) + chr(10) + 'Chat_Winning=');

[chase is my name]

domo arigato mr avarax,

you did what no amount of googling or forums searching could. you are a rock star for me at the moment

btw where is there a comprehensive list of such soldat commands? Enesce's sute didn't have this command

Date Posted: July 24, 2007, 05:24:25 PMwoops i wrote too soon,

i just refreshed his site which i havnet done in 6 months

i see them now. Thanks

[Avarax]

dont cum

[chase is my name]

ugh...that's so inappropriate lol

[zyxstand]

lmao
there are some pascal commands that aren't shown in enesce's help that you might find useful!

One that I found useful was the Delete(string, start_position, end_position);
for example:
MyString := 'Hello You Foolish man';
Delete(MyString, 7, 17);
WriteLn(MyString); // will display 'You Foolish'