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PowerCOBOL V11.0 Reference
FUJITSU Software

5.86 SaveFile Method

Description:

Saves the contents of the control in the specified file.

ComboBox

Saves the contents of the list box part in the specified file. Uses the file format specified in the FileType property.

ListBox

Saves the contents of the list box in the specified file.

TextBox

Saves the contents of the Text property in the specified file.

Used in controls:

ComboBox
ListBox

TextBox

Used in objects:

None.

Parameters:

VT_BSTR - FileNameX(8192)

Description of Parameters:

The name of the file.

Return value:

None.

Example:

WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01 FileName      PIC X(20).
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
    MOVE "C:\myfile.txt" TO FileName
    INVOKE CmList1 "SaveFile" USING FileName

Backward compatibility
method name:

SAVEFILE

Backward compatibility
arguments:

X(260)