HBPersistent() > Methods for saving an object

oHBPersistent:saveToFile()

Writes the persistent object data to a file.

Syntax

:saveToFile( <cFileName> ) --> lSuccess

Arguments

<cFileName>

This is a character string holding the name of the file to create. It must include path and file extension. If the path is omitted from <cFileName>, the file is created in the current directory.

Description

Method :saveToFile() creates the file <cFileName> and writes into it the binary data of the object executing the method. If the file exists already, it is overwritten. The save data can be copied back to an object using method :loadFromFile()