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Rama
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Posted: 4th Feb 2012 08:50
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Hello!

My class is currently using DarkBasic to study game design. One of our assignments is a guessing game that has us draw user names and scores from a text file (Open to Read) and then to write updated user name and score information to the same text file (Open to Write). While Open to Read works perfectly I find that Open to Write does not. I tested Open To Write on a windows xp virtual machine and see that it does work. However, Open to Write does not work on my version of Windows 7 which is Home Premium. Are there any issues between Open to Write and Windows 7 Home Premium? If so, how can I resolve them so I can use Open to Write in my guessing game.

Thank you for any response given
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BatVink
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Posted: 4th Feb 2012 14:31
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You will need to put your file in My Documents, or another accessible folder. Standard Win7 security will not allow you to write to Program Files.

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MrValentine
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Posted: 4th Feb 2012 20:41
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Run as admin too... and maybe disable UAC too... and what BatVink says too...

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BatVink
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Quote: "Run as admin too... and maybe disable UAC too"


That's ok for testing, but you can't force your users to disable their security to run your software.

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MrValentine
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Posted: 5th Feb 2012 10:53
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Thats what I keep worrying about...

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Naphier
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Posted: 8th Feb 2012 20:21
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Also watch out for this:
if the file already exists then the command Open to write won't work
http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=131280&b=1

Also watch out for this:
http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=192056&b=7

make file followed by open to write (same issue essentially)

Check out IanM's plugins if you go further, but I found this to be my problem. If you post up your code here I'm sure some of us would check it out. (PS hope it's not UAC because, though I hate it, most people have it on...that would pose a huge issue with many games).

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GreenDixy
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Posted: 8th Feb 2012 21:20
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what i did isjust right click on my program and set it up to always run as admin then i dont have to turn uac off

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