Text File Write

The TextFileWrite function will save some content to a text file.


Properties

File path

The full path to the file you wish to write to (i.e., c:\temp\filename.txt).

You can also set this property to the FileHandle of a FileOpen function when its 'Is text' option is checked.

Contents

The text to be written to the file.

You can enter some text directly into this property, or you can reference a string type or anything else from your function that can be converted to a string.

Destination encoding

The encoding type to use when writing to the file.

Options:

  • Default

  • ANSI

  • ASCII

  • EBCDIC

  • Mac

  • OEM

  • Unicode

  • UTF8

The 'Default' option is the encoding used in your operating system.

File does not exist

Specify what to do if the output file does not exist.

Options:

  • Create file

  • Throw exception

File exists

What to do if the file already exists:

  • Append data: will find the end of the file and add the data there.

  • Increment file name: will add a number to the filename to make that name unique. This is a sequential number starting with 1.

  • Overwrite file: will replace all content in the file with the new content.

  • Throw exception: will stop the function's processing and return an error.

Definition

TextFileWrite contains the file path of the file that has been written to.


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