[Gambas-user] Writing to a file on disk

[NW]

On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 14:38:57 +0000
NW <hiems at ...2501...> wrote:

> My first question on the list.
> 
> I am trying to read in a text file with just one line, to make a slight change to that line and then to write the new line to the original file on disk. The new line should replace the original line in the file.
> 
> I can read in the file OK. I then use lineinput and copy the result to a text field. I can then make a change to the text.
> 
> But I just cannot see how to write the file back to my hard disk with the new changed line in place of the original.
> 
> Can anyone point me in the right direction please?
> 
> Neil
> 
Further info. I have almost solved it. Each time a write the file back to disk I get an extra character at the beginning of the line. So far I have tested it 7 times and I now have the letters FEDCBAN at the beginning of the line. Can anyone suggest where I should go next please?

Neil