Writing to external files

Is there any documentation in addition to the standard SDK documet?
I have to challenges:
1. What LUA code do i use inside a typical "grid" to write seomthing to an external file ?
2. How can I change settings for the stahdard image files. For example, I like to output the large files with a different JPEG compression than the thumbnails.

Probably a newbie question...
I tried the exampe from jarnoh above, but I get the error "Attempt to index local 'file' (a nil value).
This is my code:
local LrTasks = import 'LrTasks'
local LrApplication = import 'LrApplication'
local LrFunctionContext = import 'LrFunctionContext'
local LrProgressScope = import 'LrProgressScope'
local LrBinding = import "LrBinding"
local LrView = import "LrView"
local LrDialogs = import 'LrDialogs'
local LrPathUtils = import 'LrPathUtils'
local LrFileUtils = import 'LrFileUtils'
local LrStringUtils = import 'LrStringUtils'
local LrDate = import 'LrDate'
local catalog = import "LrApplication".activeCatalog()
function WriteExternalFile()
local file = io.open("example.txt", "w")
file:write("This is an test.")
file:close()
end
WriteExternalFile()

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><emp><empno>7369</empno><ename>James</ename><job>Manager</job><salary>1000</salary></emp><?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><emp><empno>7370</empno><ename>charles</ename><job>President</job><salary>500</salary></emp>But the code written to an external file has to be something like this.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<emp>
<empno>7369</empno>
<ename>James</ename>
<job>Manager</job>
<salary>1000</salary>
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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<empno>7370</empno>
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<job>President</job>
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What was wrong with the previous answers given on your other thread:
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If there's a continuing issue, stay with the same thread, don't just ask the same question again and again, it's really Pi**es people off and causes confusion as not everyone will be familiar with what answers you've already had. You're just wasting people's time by doing that.
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You really seem to be struggling to get the worst possible way to work.

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This would be easiest way..
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so i have my code that reads from an external file brilliantly, but then the problems tart when i try to write to the file.
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import java.io.PrintStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
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    private static String firstName[] = new String[MAX_RECORDS];
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                         System.out.printf("%s%n",      firstName[d]          );
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                         System.out.printf("%s%n",      emailAddress[d]          );
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        filename = data_input.next();
        number_of_records = read_in_file(filename);
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        System.out.println("2. Insert record");
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        System.out.println("4. Quit with saving");
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                         System.out.print("Do You with to Enter First Name? (Y/N): ");
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                                   if (last_name.compareTo(lastName) == 0)
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                                        System.out.printf("%n%s%n",      lastName[i]          );
                                        System.out.printf("%s%n",      firstName[i]          );
                                        System.out.printf("%s%n",      telNumber[i]          );
                                        System.out.printf("%s%n",      emailAddress[i]          );
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                                   if ((last_name.compareTo(lastName[i]) == 0) && (first_name.compareTo(firstName[i]) == 0))
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                                        System.out.printf("%s%n",      emailAddress[i]          );
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                                        System.out.printf("%s%n",      emailAddress[i]          );
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case 2:
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System.out.print("Please enter the first name of the contact: ");
first_name = dataInput.next();
System.out.print("Please enter the telephone number of the contact: ");
tel_num = dataInput.next();
System.out.print("Please enter the email address of the contact: ");
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for (int i=0; i < number_of_records; i++)
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z = i;
for (int i = number_of_records; i > z; i--)
lastName[i] = lastName[i-1];
lastName[z+1] = last_name;
firstName[z+1] = first_name;
telNumber[z+1] = tel_num;
emailAddress[z+1] = email_addr;
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case 3:
                         System.out.print("Please enter the last name of the contact: ");
                         last_name = dataInput.next();
                         int z = 0;
                         for (int i=0; i < number_of_records; i++)
                              if ((last_name.compareTo(lastName[i])) < i && (last_name.compareTo(lastName[i]) > i))
                                   z = i;
                         for (int i = z; i < number_of_records; i++)
                              lastName[i] = lastName[i+1];
                         //lastName[z-1] = lastName[i];
                         //firstName[z-1] = firstName[i];
                         //telNumber[z-1] = telNumber[i];
                         //emailAddress[z-1] = emailAddress[i];
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                         filename = dataInput.next();
                         write_out_file(number_of_records, filename);
                         System.out.print("File Save In Progress. Please Wait...");
                         for (int r = 0; r < 35000000; ++ r) System.currentTimeMillis ();
                              System.out.print("..");
                         for (int r = 1000000; r < 10000000; ++ r) System.currentTimeMillis ();
                              System.out.print("............");
                         System.out.printf("%nGoodbye!");
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case 4:
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                         System.out.print("Please Enter New Masterfile File Name: ");
                         filename = dataInput.next();
                         write_out_file(number_of_records, filename);
                         System.out.print("File Save In Progress. Please Wait...");
                         for (int r = 0; r < 35000000; ++ r) System.currentTimeMillis ();
                              System.out.print("..");
                         for (int r = 1000000; r < 10000000; ++ r) System.currentTimeMillis ();
                              System.out.print("............");
                         System.out.printf("%nGoodbye!");
break;
case 5:
quit = true;
break;
default:
System.out.println("Invalid menu choice, please try again");
} while(!quit);
any insight as to what the problem is, and how to fix it?
thanks in advance

for now im just looking for the solution to the
problem i stated. after i have the code working, i
will work on tidying it up.No. You are still not understanding something very fundamental here.
The code is bad design. It will be diificult to make work BECAUSE it is
a bad design. A better OO based approach would result in code that is
cleaner and easier to make work.
Nobody in their right mind is going to "help you" (aka rewrite entirely)
somebody else's terrible design. What is the point of that? None. The
fastest way for you to get code that is working is to start with better
thought out code. You can read the thread you copied this code from to
get some ideas of why this code is bad.
Or you can start with some tutorials.
Nobody cares if this is for school, work, fun, whatever. You need to do
your thinking on your own. If you are incapable of putting the effort in
then you need to reconsider your options. Perhaps paying somebody
to write code for you is a better solution.

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1. When I load the external files, all the loaded files does not adjust to the resized movieclips (all external files are maintaining it original size). I need the loaded files to be resized as per the movieclips on stage.
2. Is there a short way of writing the code to load these 15 external files?
//movieclips on stage: gHolderF0, gHolderF1, gHolderF2
//external files : sample0.swf, sample1.swf, sample2.swf
I'm using this to load each external file:
var loaderPrototype:Loader = new Loader();
var selectedPrototype:URLRequest=new URLRequest("sample/sample0.swf");
loaderPrototype.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, finishLoading);
loaderPrototype.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, errorHandler);
loaderPrototype.load(selectedPrototype);
function finishLoading(loadEvent:Event) {
gHolderF0.addChild(loadEvent.currentTarget.content);
addChild(gHolderF0);
function errorHandler(errorEvent:Event):void {
trace("file missing");
function errorHandler(errorEvent:Event):void {
trace("file missing");

adding a child (loader or otherwise) is going to affect the scale of the child and the position of the child. but you can't assign the exact size unless you do some intelligent scaling of the parent. for example:
after loading is complete:
gHolderF0.scaleX=300*loaderPrototype.width; // resize to 300x250
gHolderF0.scaleY=250*loaderPrototype.height;
but that really makes no sense. you may as well resize the loader directly:
loaderPrototype.width=300
loaderPrototype.height=250;

Creating external files (.txt, .json, etc)

Hello everyone,
I'm currently trying to find out how to create external files from a SWF/exe/app file created in Flash. Essentially I'm building a program to create templates for levels in a game. The SWF will be run locally (e.g. not online) and will allow the user to add/remove objects to a level of their design. They then need to be able to save the level template (ideally I need to be able to save as a JSON* file, but I'm sure I could get away with just a simple txt file) somewhere on their computer. These templates will them be imported by the game itself (not written in Flash, hence why I need to save the data as a json or txt file), which will then re-create the levels from the data contained in the save file.
I had assumed this would be something that was really simple to do, but I cannot seem to find any tutorials or information on how to create external files. I can find plenty on reading from existing external files, but nothing about actually writing a new file entirely. I have read a few people complaining that non-local Flash SWFs cannot access the user's hard drive for security reasons, but cannot find any information on local SWFs.
If anyone could tell me even roughly what I'm looking for, it would be greatly appreciated. I'm a bit stuck just now haha
*I have downloaded the corelib files which allow me to work with JSON files

Flash is not able to write any type of text file on user system.
U have to use air or zinc to intract with file system.
Yes u can use shared objects also. Which stores value to user computer and browser stores cookies on user system

"void" value in Data Sets external file?

Hi I'm trying to achieve what I thought it was a simple thing (and turned out not to be so):
I'm importing a set of variables and values from an external file via menu Import/Dataset/Apply...
Occasionally, I'd like not to return any value from an specific field, an let it as is (with it's current value/content in the photoshop layer).
I tried setting the empty separator,void and null with no success.
Example:
(file.txt):
mytext1,mytext2,logo,backgroundimage (fields)
dude,sometext,void,myimage.jpg (values)
also tried:
mytext1,mytext2,logo,backgroundimage
dude,sometext,,myimage.jpg
and finally:
mytext1,mytext2,logo,backgroundimage
dude,sometext,null,myimage.jpg
With null, void or ,, I'm trying that photoshop ignores this field and takes it's current layer value.
Is this possible?
thanks in advance

I think that with scripting you could get close to useing null/blank values.
The script would have to read the original dataset text file one line at a time and create a new dataset text file to import then apply. If it found a null or undefined value it would replace that value with the current value before writing the new file. I think that it would only work with text and visibility. I not sure how it could handle image replacement.
Here are some functions you will need.
fileImportDataSets = function( file ) {
    var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
        var ref = new ActionReference();
        ref.putClass( stringIDToTypeID( "dataSetClass" ) );
    desc.putReference( charIDToTypeID( "null" ), ref );
    desc.putPath( charIDToTypeID( "Usng" ), new File( file ) );
    desc.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID( "Encd" ), stringIDToTypeID( "dataSetEncoding" ), stringIDToTypeID( "dataSetEncodingAuto" ) );
    desc.putBoolean( stringIDToTypeID( "eraseAll" ), true );
    desc.putBoolean( stringIDToTypeID( "useFirstColumn" ), true );
executeAction( stringIDToTypeID( "importDataSets" ), desc, DialogModes.NO );
function applyDataSet(setName);{
    var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
        var setRef = new ActionReference();
        setRef.putName( stringIDToTypeID( "dataSetClass" ), setName );
    desc.putReference( charIDToTypeID( "null" ), setRef );
executeAction( charIDToTypeID( "Aply" ), desc, DialogModes.NO );

How to write or send String to an external file in java

Hi guys...!
I am writing a program in which I have to send some texts to an external file. If the file is not empty, I want the program to append to that file instead of overwriting the file.
Any suggestions...guys??
Thanks...
--- Spirit_Away

Hi therer...!
Thanks for your suggestion... But I forgot to mention
that I'm using XML in my java program and the method
"endElement()" for XML throws a "SAXException" and it
would not let me add another exception next to it
...like the one thrown by the "FileWriter", which is
IOException...
Thanks....
--- Spirit_AwayIn that case you might be too stupid to be programming Java.

JSON external file

I'm having trouble with this script. can anyone help me? I thought JSON was built into edge. but after writing these lines of code it doesn't appear so....
var imageArray = new Array();
var currentImage = 0;
var mySlidingImages = sym.getSymbol("ImageSlider");
sym.$("PlaceHolderText").html("");
$.getJSON("data/photos.json", function(data){
               for(var i=0; i<data.length; i++){
                              imageArray.push({"image":data[i].image,"title":data[i].title});
               sym.$("PlaceHolderText").html(imageArray[currentImage].title);
so when that didn't work I tried this:
yepnope({
nope:[
'edge_includes/json2_min.js'
complete: init
//when yepnope has loaded everything execute init();
function init (){
//initialise your variables and Edge comp here
var imageArray = new Array();
var currentImage = 0;
var mySlidingImages = sym.getSymbol("ImageSlider");
sym.$("PlaceHolderText").html("");
$.getJSON("data/photos.json", function(data){
          for(var i=0; i<data.length; i++){
                    imageArray.push({"image":data[i].image,"title":data[i].title});
          sym.$("PlaceHolderText").html(imageArray[currentImage].title);
Basically what I'm trying to do is create a slider that will auto populate, with image and text, according to an external file "photos.json". But I'm a noob at coding so I don't know what my mistake is... if anyone could help me understand what I'm doing wrong i would appreciate it.. ty..

About the first image: you've got a wrong line inside $.getJSON:
$.getJSON("data/photos.json", function(data){
         maxImages = data.length-1;
          for(var i=0; i<data.length; i++){ imageArray.push({"image":data[i].image,"title":data[i].title}); }
          sym.$("PlaceHolderText").html(imageArray[currentImage].title);
          mySlidingImages.$("ImageHolder1").css({"background-image":"url('"+imageArray[currentImage ].image+"')"});
          mySlidingImages.play("Rest"); // the wrong line
          mySlidingImages.play(); // a better slideIn effect.

How to open and read an external file in Dashboard widget?

I am new to Dashboard widgets and also Javascript. I have written a widget that needs to open and read a file on the local file system. I have searched a lot and have not found any documentation or reference on the internet as to how to do this.
I know it can be done since there is a checkbox in the widget attributes that says "Allow External File Access".
can anyone help me out here?
Thanks

You need to define the AllowFileAccessOutsideOfWidget key to Yes.
You also need to define the AllowFullAccess key.
You may also need to define the AllowSystem key (to Yes of course).
Mihalis.
PS. If you cannot find any other documentation please check http://widgetbook.blogspot.com.

External table: How to load data from a fixed format UTF8 external file

Hi Experts,
I am trying to read data from a fixed format UTF8 external file in to a external table. The file has non-ascii characters, and the presence of the non-ascii characters causes the data to be positioned incorrectly in the external table.
The following is the content's of the file:
20100423094529000000I1 ABÄCDE 1 000004
20100423094529000000I2 OMS Crew 2 2 000004
20100423094529000000I3 OMS Crew 3 3 000004
20100423094529000000I4 OMS Crew 4 4 000004
20100423094529000000I5 OMS Crew 5 5 000004
20100423094529000000I6 OMS Crew 6 6 000004
20100423094529000000I7 Mobile Crew 7 7 000004
20100423094529000000I8 Mobile Crew 8 8 000004
The structure of the data is as follows:
Name Type Start End Length
UPDATE_DTTM CHAR 1 20 20
CHANGE_TYPE_CD CHAR 21 21 1
CREW_CD CHAR 22 37 16
CREW_DESCR CHAR 38 97 60
CREW_ID CHAR 98 113 16
UDF1_CD CHAR 114 143 30
UDF1_DESCR CHAR 144 203 60
UDF2_CD CHAR 204 233 30
DATA_SOURCE_IND CHAR 294 299 6
UDF2_DESCR CHAR 234 293 60
I create the external table as follows:
CREATE TABLE "D_CREW_EXT"
"UPDATE_DTTM" CHAR(20 BYTE),
"CHANGE_TYPE_CD" CHAR(1 BYTE),
"CREW_CD" CHAR(16 BYTE),
"CREW_DESCR" CHAR(60 BYTE),
"CREW_ID" CHAR(16 BYTE),
"UDF1_CD" CHAR(30 BYTE),
"UDF1_DESCR" CHAR(60 BYTE),
"UDF2_CD" CHAR(30 BYTE),
"DATA_SOURCE_IND" CHAR(6 BYTE),
"UDF2_DESCR" CHAR(60 BYTE)
ORGANIZATION EXTERNAL
TYPE ORACLE_LOADER DEFAULT DIRECTORY "TMP"
ACCESS PARAMETERS ( RECORDS DELIMITED BY NEWLINE
CHARACTERSET UTF8
STRING SIZES ARE IN BYTES
NOBADFILE NODISCARDFILE NOLOGFILE FIELDS NOTRIM
( "UPDATE_DTTM" POSITION (1:20) CHAR(20),
"CHANGE_TYPE_CD" POSITION (21:21) CHAR(1),
"CREW_CD" POSITION (22:37) CHAR(16),
"CREW_DESCR" POSITION (38:97) CHAR(60),
"CREW_ID" POSITION (98:113) CHAR(16),
"UDF1_CD" POSITION (114:143) CHAR(30),
"UDF1_DESCR" POSITION (144:203) CHAR(60),
"UDF2_CD" POSITION (204:233) CHAR(30),
"DATA_SOURCE_IND" POSITION (294:299) CHAR(6),
"UDF2_DESCR" POSITION (234:293) CHAR(60) )
) LOCATION ( 'D_CREW_EXT.DAT' )
REJECT LIMIT UNLIMITED;
Check the result in database:
select * from D_CREW_EXT;
I found the first row is incorrect. For each non-ascii character,the fields to the right of the non-ascii character are off by 1 character,meaning that the data is moved 1 character to the right.
Then I tried to use the option STRING SIZES ARE IN CHARACTERS instead of STRING SIZES ARE IN BYTES, it doesn't work either.
The database version is 11.1.0.6.
Edited by: yuan on May 21, 2010 2:43 AM

Hi,
I changed the BYTE in the create table part to CHAR, it still doesn't work. The result is the same. I think the problem is in ACCESS PARAMETERS.
Any other suggestion?

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