aqFile.WriteToTextFile Method

Applies to TestComplete 14.50, last modified on April 22, 2021

Description

The WriteToTextFile method opens a text file using the specified character encoding and writes text to it either appending to or replacing the current contents. After the data has been written, the file is closed automatically.

Declaration

aqFile.WriteToTextFile(PathStringTextCodingTypeOverwriteOrCreate)

Path [in]    Required    String    
String [in]    Required    String    
TextCodingType [in]    Required    Integer    
OverwriteOrCreate [in]    Optional    Boolean Default value: False   
Result Boolean

Applies To

The method is applied to the following object:

Parameters

The method has the following parameters:

Path

The fully-qualified path to the file.

String

The text to be written to the file.

TextCodingType

An integer value that defines a file’s character encoding. You can specify one of the possible integer values directly, or you can use the appropriate constant:

Constant Value Description
aqFile.ctANSI 20 ANSI
aqFile.ctUnicode 21 Unicode (UTF-16)
aqFile.ctUTF8 22 UTF8

OverwriteOrCreate

Specifies whether or not the method will create a new file in place of existing or non-existent files. The following table summarizes possible combinations of the parameter value and file operations:

  OverwriteOrCreate
False (Default) True
The file does not exist Does not create a file and returns False. Creates a file with the specified text.
The file already exists Appends text at the end of the file. Overwrites file contents with the new text.

Result Value

True if the data has been written successfully, and False if an error has occurred (for example, if the specified file does not exist and OverwriteOrCreate is False).

Remarks

Since the aqFile.WriteToTextFile method opens and closes the file automatically, it is better suited for writing text to the file at once in one turn. If you want to write text to the file in several steps, it is recommended to open the file as a text stream using the aqFile.OpenTextFile method and use the resulting aqTextFile object to write the data. This approach provides a better file I/O performance than when calling WriteToTextFile several times in a row.

For example, instead of:

JavaScript, JScript

// This code opens and closes the file 3 times - once per each WriteToTextFile method call
aqFile.WriteToTextFile("C:\\MyFile.txt", "one ", aqFile.ctANSI, true);
aqFile.WriteToTextFile("C:\\MyFile.txt", "two ", aqFile.ctANSI);
aqFile.WriteToTextFile("C:\\MyFile.txt", "three", aqFile.ctANSI);

Python

# This code opens and closes the file 3 times - once per each WriteToTextFile method call 
aqFile.WriteToTextFile("C:\\MyFile.txt", "one ", aqFile.ctANSI, True)
aqFile.WriteToTextFile("C:\\MyFile.txt", "two ", aqFile.ctANSI)
aqFile.WriteToTextFile("C:\\MyFile.txt", "three", aqFile.ctANSI)

VBScript

' This code opens and closes the file 3 times - once per each WriteToTextFile method call
Call aqFile.WriteToTextFile("C:\MyFile.txt", "one ", aqFile.ctANSI, True)
Call aqFile.WriteToTextFile("C:\MyFile.txt", "two ", aqFile.ctANSI)
Call aqFile.WriteToTextFile("C:\MyFile.txt", "three", aqFile.ctANSI)

DelphiScript

// This code opens and closes the file 3 times - once per each WriteToTextFile method call
aqFile.WriteToTextFile('C:\MyFile.txt', 'one ', aqFile.ctANSI, true);
aqFile.WriteToTextFile('C:\MyFile.txt', 'two ', aqFile.ctANSI);
aqFile.WriteToTextFile('C:\MyFile.txt', 'three', aqFile.ctANSI);

C++Script, C#Script

// This code opens and closes the file 3 times - once per each WriteToTextFile method call
aqFile["WriteToTextFile"]("C:\\MyFile.txt", "one ", aqFile["ctANSI"], true);
aqFile["WriteToTextFile"]("C:\\MyFile.txt", "two ", aqFile["ctANSI"]);
aqFile["WriteToTextFile"]("C:\\MyFile.txt", "three", aqFile["ctANSI"]);

use code as follows:

JavaScript, JScript

// This code opens and closes the file only once
var oFile = aqFile.OpenTextFile("C:\\MyFile.txt", aqFile.faWrite, aqFile.ctANSI, true);
oFile.Write("one ");
oFile.Write("two ");
oFile.Write("three");
oFile.Close();

Python

# This code opens and closes the file only once 
oFile = aqFile.OpenTextFile("C:\\MyFile.txt", aqFile.faWrite, aqFile.ctANSI, True)
oFile.Write("one ")
oFile.Write("two ")
oFile.Write("three")
oFile.Close()

VBScript

' This code opens and closes the file only once
Dim oFile
Set oFile = aqFile.OpenTextFile("C:\MyFile.txt", aqFile.faWrite, aqFile.ctANSI, True)
Call oFile.Write("one ")
Call oFile.Write("two ")
Call oFile.Write("three")
oFile.Close

DelphiScript

// This code opens and closes the file only once
procedure Test;
var oFile;
begin
  oFile := aqFile.OpenTextFile('C:\MyFile.txt', aqFile.faWrite, aqFile.ctANSI, true);
  oFile.Write('one ');
  oFile.Write('two ');
  oFile.Write('three');
  oFile.Close;
end;

C++Script, C#Script

// This code opens and closes the file only once
var oFile = aqFile["OpenTextFile"]("C:\\MyFile.txt", aqFile["faWrite"], aqFile["ctANSI"], true);
oFile["Write"]("one ");
oFile["Write"]("two ");
oFile["Write"]("three");
oFile["Close"]();

Example

The example below demonstrates how you can create a file and write text to it using the aqFile object.

JavaScript, JScript

function CreatingAndWritingToTextFile()
{
 // Create a text file DemoFile.txt
 if (aqFile.Create("C:\\MyFiles\\DemoFile.txt") == 0)
 {
  // If the file has been created successfully, write a string to it
  aqFile.WriteToTextFile("C:\\MyFiles\\DemoFile.txt", "Hello!", aqFile.ctUTF8);
  Log.Message("The file is created and the specified text is written to it successfully.");
 }
 else 
 {
  Log.Error("The file was not created.");
 }
}

Python

def CreatingAndWritingToTextFile():
  # Create a text file DemoFile.txt
  if aqFile.Create("C:\\MyFiles\\DemoFile.txt") == 0:
    # If the file has been created successfully, write a string to it
    aqFile.WriteToTextFile("C:\\MyFiles\\DemoFile.txt", "Hello!", aqFile.ctUTF8)
    Log.Message("The file is created and the specified text is written to it successfully.")
  else:
    Log.Error("The file was not created.")

VBScript

Sub CreatingAndWritingToTextFile

 ' Create a text file DemoFile.txt
 If (aqFile.Create("C:\MyFiles\DemoFile.txt") = 0) Then
  ' If the file has been created successfully, write a string to it
  Call aqFile.WriteToTextFile("C:\MyFiles\DemoFile.txt", "Hello!", aqFile.ctUTF8)
  Call Log.Message("The file is created and the specified text is written to it successfully.")
 else 
  Call Log.Error("The file was not created.")
 End If
 
End Sub

DelphiScript

function CreatingAndWritingToTextFile;
begin
 // Create a text file DemoFile.txt
 if (aqFile.Create('C:\\MyFiles\\DemoFile.txt') = 0) then
 begin
  // If the file has been created successfully, write a string to it
  aqFile.WriteToTextFile('C:\\MyFiles\\DemoFile.txt', 'Hello!', aqFile.ctUTF8);
  Log.Message('The file is created and the specified text is written to it successfully.');
 end
  else 
 begin
  Log.Error('The file was not created.');
 end;
end;

C++Script, C#Script

function CreatingAndWritingToTextFile()
{
 // Create a text file DemoFile.txt
 if (aqFile["Create"]("C:\\MyFiles\\DemoFile.txt") == 0)
 {
  // If the file has been created successfully, write a string to it
  aqFile["WriteToTextFile"]("C:\\MyFiles\\DemoFile.txt", "Hello!", aqFile.ctUTF8);
  Log["Message"]("The file is created and the specified text is written to it successfully.");
 }
 else 
 {
  Log["Error"]("The file was not created.");
 }
}

See Also

Working With Files From Scripts
ReadWholeTextFile Method
OpenTextFile Method
WriteToTextFile Method

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