[Gambas-user] Re: Can't create files...

Benoit Minisini gambas at ...1...
Fri Aug 27 10:58:05 CEST 2004


On Friday 27 August 2004 00:22, Americo Monteiro wrote:
> > You are not allowed to create file in the project directory. See your
> > proje= ct=20
> > directory as read-only for your application.
> >
> > I admit that I should change the error message which is not very clear!
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > =2D-=20
> > Benoit Minisini
>
> Hi Benoit
>
> I don't know if this reply is going to be placed in the correct position,
> if not then forgive me... 1st time replying and i don't know if i'm doing
> this right. :)
>
> So, the program can't create files in the same directory it is located, ok,
> but that isn't realy read-only because if i told him to open a file in
> write mode, i can write to it even if the file is in the same directory as
> the program. that i've tested :)

Really ? It is a bug so!

> oh, it's true, the help should be a little more clear in this matters.
>
> A second question :
> Do you think, maybe in the future, adding more codifications like
> iso8859-15 on Gambas or it will be always limited to UTF-8?

UTF-8 is not a limit, it is the solution :-)

Did you see the Conv$() function: with it, you can convert a string from 
almost any charset to any other charset.

> My system is in iso8859-15 and i'm making this program, to read huge data
> files that were created by is tween-broder (for windows) that i've created
> many years ago... so, i'm making a linux version of a programa i've made
> for windows... the great gool is making the two versions 100% compatible to
> share the same data files... i know there are some things to work around,
> but having Gambas only working with UTF-8 is becoming a pain in the neck :(

Why ?

> It's a frustration because i don't see any caracters changing while open my
> files with windows or with debian in iso8859-15.
> I'm writing from Portugal, UTF-8 is not realy the end of the world to me, i
> think (hope) i can add some convertion instructions, but let's us see
> things this way:
> If somebody from the other side of the world want to create (with gambas)
> programs with the text, titles, captions, etc in chinese or korean
> caracters, can he do it with UTF-8 ?

Didn't you see that there is chinese translations of Gambas ?

>
> thank's... you got a great program here, mutch better than another basic
> ide i've tried ;)
>
> Regards
> Amarok
>
>

Regards,

-- 
Benoit Minisini
mailto:gambas at ...1...




More information about the User mailing list