SaveDocument – PB Docs 126

SaveDocument PowerScript function

Description

Saves the contents of a RichTextEdit control in a file. You
can specify either rich-text format (RTF) or text format for the
file.

Controls

RichTextEdit controls

Syntax

Argument

Description

rtename

The name of the RichTextEdit control
whose contents you want to save.

filename

A string whose value is the name of the
file to be saved. If the file already exists, the FileExists event
is triggered.

filetype
(optional)

A value of the FileType enumerated datatype
specifying the format of the saved file. Values are:

  • FileTypeRichText! – Save
    the file in rich text format

  • FileTypeText! – Save the file as text

  • FileTypeDoc! – Save the file in Microsoft
    Word format

  • FileTypeHTML! – Save the file in HTML format

  • FileTypePDF! – Save the file in PDF format

encoding (optional)

Character encoding of the file to which
the data is saved. This parameter applies only to text files. If
you do not specify an encoding parameter, the
file is saved in ANSI format.

The filetype argument must be set to
FileTypeText! If the filetype argument is set
to any other file type, this argument is ignored. Values are:

  • EncodingANSI! (default)

  • EncodingUTF8!

  • EncodingUTF16LE!

  • EncodingUTF16BE!

Return Values

Integer. Returns 1 if it succeeds and
-1 if an error occurs.

Usage

SaveDocument triggers a FileExists event
when the file you name already exists. If you do not specify a filetype, SaveDocument saves
the file as a text file if you specify a file name with the extension
.txt, as a Microsoft Word document if you specify
a file name with the extension .doc, and as
an RTF file if you specify a file name with the .rtf extension.

The format that you specify in the encoding argument
is valid only if you specified FileTypeText! for the filetype argument. SaveDocument saves
text in ANSI format only for all other file types.

Examples

This code for a CommandButton saves the document
in the RichTextEdit rte_1:

If the file TEST.RTF already
exists, PowerBuilder triggers the FileExists event with the following
script. OpenWithParm displays a response window
that asks the user if it is OK to overwrite the file. The return
value from FileExists determines whether the file is saved:

This code for a CommandButton saves the document
in the RichTextEdit rte_1 in a text
file with UTF-16LE encoding:

See Also


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