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ssmith-nova
New Contributor III
5 months ago

Reading a file written to a user folder.

I have the routine below that exports data from a datatable to a file.  I am writing to "Documents\Users\" & si.UserName.   The file gets created correctly; I am now trying to pick up that file wit...
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  • KarlT's avatar
    KarlT
    5 months ago

    Well, i think there are differences depending on where you save it:

    The file share are actual folders (grey) i think, whereas the Documents/Public etc. sit on the Application Database.

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ssmith-nova
New Contributor III

I tried that, it returned just "Documents\Public", when I go to read the file there it says it does not exist.  Do the files under Documents\ get written to a physical disk or are they saved in the database? Is that why we have to use all of the XF functions to get the file vs anything saved to the "File Share" 

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KarlT
Contributor III
5 months ago

Well, i think there are differences depending on where you save it:

The file share are actual folders (grey) i think, whereas the Documents/Public etc. sit on the Application Database.