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Subject: Creating/Opening a New File??
From: "B Traver" <btraver at traver dot org>
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 00:35:24 -0400
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Help!  I know how to create files using a Save dialog box, but I can't
figure out how to create files without using a Save dialog Box. When I
try to define an AbsolutePath Property for a FolderItem, for example,
I'm told that I can't set that Property.

Here's the situation.  I need to create 730 almost-idenical HTML files.
The easiest way to do that is to use a loop.  Here is the content of a
sample file, C:\A\123.html::

<html>
  <head>
  </head>
  <body>
    <embed src="../MIDI/123.mid"
    autostart="true" hidden="false" loop="false">
    <noembed> <bgsound src="../MIDI/123.mid" loop="1">
    </noembed></embed>
  </body>
</html> 

In pseudo-code, here is what I'm after:

For I = 1 to 730
  Create/open an [I].html file
  Write contents, referring to [I].MID
  Close file
Next I

Maybe I can't see the forest for the trees (there's an entire chapter on
working with files in the User's Guide), but I can do everything except
create/open the files.  If I can get the file open, I can write to it
exactly what I want, I can close it, and I can move on to the next.  BUT
I can't figure out how to create/open the file! <sigh>

I know I'm missing something simple here.  Can anyone supply some
assisance?

Barry Traver

P.S.  I know that it's generally not recommended to set a particular
path such as "C:\A\123.html," but this is a project specifically for me
to do on my own computer.

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