JavaScript - Appending data to a text file.

Resolving The Problem

Software versions for: OS: Macintosh, Windows
FileNET Software: Informed Designer

Steps to verify that this problem applies: N/A

Steps to resolve the problem:

This script allows for appending data to an existing text file:

//Declare some variables

var cellName, cellData;


//Specify a few shortcuts

theRec = Informed.currentDocument.currentRecord;

cellName = theRec.Cell("Write Me To A Text File");


//Commit the record to make sure the calculated data to be written to the text file is current

theRec.commit();


//Get the cell data first

cellData = cellName.get()


//Open the text file

ref = FileIO.ioOpen("C:\\Informed\\Accounts\\TheBigPO\\Test.TXT");


//Get the length of existing data in the text file

fileEnd = FileIO.ioGetEOF(ref);


//Set the mark to the end of the existing data

FileIO.ioSetMark (ref, fileEnd);


//Add the data and add a carriage return/line feed for importing the text file into the database

FileIO.ioPuts(ref,cellData,EOL_CRLF);


//Close the file

FileIO.ioClose(ref);


NOTE
The output file must exist, A routine is not included to create the file if it does not already exist (although this can be done using the SEFileIO plug-in ioCreate method).

This method adds a carriage return and line feed character to the end of the added data. This is so the text file can be imported that much easier into a potential database if necessary.