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Re: [ECS] want my cake and eat it too Mark Gilmore Tue, 23 Mar 1999 11:40:25 -0800

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Doug, use the FILE Item to append chars to a file.

dastorey wrote:
> 
> Is there a way to assign the contents of a file to a Text item or file type
> item such that the Set/Char operator will work on the contents of that file
> rather that the Path name of the file.
> More specifically when I use the @ command to denote a file name I can
> display/speak the contents of the file but when I use the Set/Char on the
> Text Item that points to the file the operator works on that path name
> rather than the contents of the file. ( as it probably should )
> 
> Doug Storey
> dastorey@swbell.net

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Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence (ECS Home Automation Software)
omnip@usit.net
http://www.usit.com/omnip

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