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RE: [ECS] want my cake and eat it too dastorey Tue, 23 Mar 1999 18:13:24 -0600

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That works great however what I can't do (remember their are days I'm sharp
and days I'm not) is read the contents of the file into a text item so that
I can then manipulate it with such things as set/char. I realize that even
if there is a way to do it I have a 60 char limitation.  You are busy on
Modems and TC+ when things settle down lets come back to it.

Doug Storey CISSP
dastorey@swbell.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Gilmore [mailto:omnip@usit.net]
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 1:40 PM
To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
Subject: Re: [ECS] want my cake and eat it too


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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