Syntax error: .../main.lua:17: unexpected symbole near '?'

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

I have no clue why I’m getting this syntax error.

local mybutton = display.newImage( “playIpad.png”)

local path = system.pathForFile( “playIpad.png”)
local fhd = io.open( path )

– Determine if file exists
if fhd then
print( path )
fhd.close()
else
print( “File does not exist!” )
end

The simulator output keeps saying that on the line where I am calling newImage there is a syntax error. But I don’t see anything and I also checked to make sure invisibles are turned on so I can see everything. I don’t see any syntax error.

BTW the file does exist (it does find it) but I have to comment out the display.newImage() otherwise Lua doesn’t interpret

Syntax error: …/main.lua:17: unexpected symbole near ‘?’ [import]uid: 10652 topic_id: 3216 reply_id: 303216[/import]

#2

Ok wow. I manually typed the code somewhere else and now it’s working…

BTW I’m using TextWrangler. [import]uid: 10652 topic_id: 3216 reply_id: 9504[/import]

#3

I think file names are case sensitive in corona
Check your capitalization of your file name [import]uid: 7911 topic_id: 3216 reply_id: 9519[/import]

#4

Thanks but that wasn’t it - I had to rewrite the code somewhere else. [import]uid: 10652 topic_id: 3216 reply_id: 9526[/import]