HD05974: THE METHOD FILESYS.CREATEFILE FAILS IF FILE ALREADY EXISTS.

APAR status

• Closed as unreproducible in next release.

Error description

• DESCRIPTION:
  The CreateFile method of the FileSystem object fails when
  trying to overwrite an already existing file
  
  Language = "VBSCRIPT"
  
  Sub CATMain()
  
  testFile = "c:\temp\TEST.txt"
  MsgBox "testFile = " & testFile
  Set FileSys = CATIA.FileSystem
  MsgBox "Before CreateFile method call"
  
  Set objParmFile = FileSys.CreateFile (testFile, True)
  MsgBox "After CreateFile method"
  End Sub
  
  EXPECTED RESULTS:
  The file specified should either be written or overwritten
  without any errors.
  .
  ACTUAL RESULTS:
  If the file does not already exist, the CreateFile method
  works successfully.
  However, if the file does already exist, the CreateFile
  method fails with ScriptingERR_1002.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• THE METHOD FILESYS.CREATEFILE FAILS IF FILE ALREADY EXISTS.
  

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

• THE PROBLEM WAS SUBMITTED ON :
      CATIA VERSION 5 RELEASE 10
  .
  THIS PROBLEM IS NOT REPRODUCIBLE ON :
      CATIA VERSION 5 RELEASE 10 SP06 level and on
      CATIA VERSION 5 RELEASE 11 SP02 level and on
      CATIA VERSION 5 RELEASE 12 GA level.
  
   INCIDENT DIAGNOSIS:
  THE METHOD FILESYS.CREATEFILE FAILS IF FILE ALREADY EXISTS.
  

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CATIA V5/NT/200

• Fixed component ID

  569151000

Applicable component levels

• R510 PSN

     UP

• R511 PSN

     UP