how do i display a textfile

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#1

how would i display text files value after using the systempath api

#2
  1. Do you mean this function?: system.pathForFile( filename [, baseDirectory] )
     
  2. What do you my by ‘display’.  Print to a log or show on the screen?

In either case, you have to read the text first.  You could use my code here to do that:

function io.readFile( fileName, base ) local base = base or system.DocumentsDirectory local fileContents if( io.exists( fileName, base ) == false ) then return nil end local fileName = fileName if( base ) then fileName = system.pathForFile( fileName, base ) end local f=io.open(fileName,"r") if (f == nil) then return nil end fileContents = f:read( "\*a" ) io.close(f) return fileContents end

Print To Log:

local contents = io.readFile( "myFile.txt" ) print( contents )

or use a text object to display it on-screen:

local contents = io.readFile( "myFile.txt" ) print( contents ) local options = { --parent = textGroup, text = contents , x = 100, y = 200, width = 128, --required for multi-line and alignment font = native.systemFontBold, fontSize = 18, } local myText = display.newText( options ) myText:setFillColor( 1, 0, 0 )
#3
  1. Do you mean this function?: system.pathForFile( filename [, baseDirectory] )
     
  2. What do you my by ‘display’.  Print to a log or show on the screen?

In either case, you have to read the text first.  You could use my code here to do that:

function io.readFile( fileName, base ) local base = base or system.DocumentsDirectory local fileContents if( io.exists( fileName, base ) == false ) then return nil end local fileName = fileName if( base ) then fileName = system.pathForFile( fileName, base ) end local f=io.open(fileName,"r") if (f == nil) then return nil end fileContents = f:read( "\*a" ) io.close(f) return fileContents end

Print To Log:

local contents = io.readFile( "myFile.txt" ) print( contents )

or use a text object to display it on-screen:

local contents = io.readFile( "myFile.txt" ) print( contents ) local options = { --parent = textGroup, text = contents , x = 100, y = 200, width = 128, --required for multi-line and alignment font = native.systemFontBold, fontSize = 18, } local myText = display.newText( options ) myText:setFillColor( 1, 0, 0 )