File Open File Synthax

[Moist]

$hSearch = FileFindFirstFile("P:\Moldes\*" & $MoldNo & "*")
$Nome_pasta = ""
$Nome_pasta = FileFindNextFile($hSearch)


$txt = FileOpen("P:\Moldes\" & $Nome_Pasta & "\3D\Olhais.txt")

Hi guys, after searching for a specific folder, I want to create a file in a subfolder in that folder. The code above doesn't work, can someone explain me why?

Thanks in advance,

[Nine]

what's in $MoldNo ?  $Nome_pasta = "" is useless. What is the result in $Nome_pasta ?

[BrewManNH]

What EXACTLY are you trying to do, and what EXACTLY isn't working the way you want it to?

[Moist]

14 minutes ago, Nine said:

what's in $MoldNo ?  $Nome_pasta = "" is useless. What is the result in $Nome_pasta ?

$MoldNo is a number that is inserted earlier in the script. $Nome_pasta is the folder in which I want to create a file in. I used MsgBox and the folder name is correct. Also I used this piece of code earlier but instead of FileOpen I had to use FileMove and it worked. What I mean is that 

Filemove("C:\Dir", "P:\Moldes\" & $Nome_Pasta & "\3D\Olhais.txt", $FC_OVERWRITE)

worked.

 

11 minutes ago, BrewManNH said:

What EXACTLY are you trying to do, and what EXACTLY isn't working the way you want it to?

I am trying to create a file inside this directory C:\Dir\$Nome_pasta\3D. If the file already exists, it just opens it. Then I want to write stuff on it so that I can later read it.

Inside C:\Dir I have a lot of folders created already and all of them are identified with a 4 digit unique number, but the rest of the folder's name has random letters.

 

Also, what happens is that the file simply isn't created.

Edited November 6, 2018 by Moist

[Jos]

Does the target directory already exists?

Edited November 6, 2018 by Jos

[Moist]

Just now, Jos said:

Does the directory already exists?

Yup. I just want to create/open the file.

[BrewManNH]

If the file doesn't exist, using FileOpen in read mode won't create it, you need to use write/append mode to create the file. But, you're not checking to see if the file exists before trying to use FileOpen.

[Nine]

create file with filewrite, fileopen won't

test with FileExists 

[careca]

Fileopen with the flag 9 or 10 should work.

Edited November 6, 2018 by careca

[Moist]

Thanks everyone, opening the file with read mode wasn't creating it. I added the flag.