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Creating output files

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These statements are used to create output files from the code generation. Remember that all of these statements must be inside a block delimited by square brackets.

 

create

 

create filename

 

creates a new file. The file has to be closed with the close statement. All following output is written to the specified file.

 

Example:

 

[create \$outputpath & "/" & \$JavaPackageDir & "/" & \$application.Name & ".java"]

package [=\$JavaPackageName];

 

public class [=\$application.Name]Application {

...

}

[close]

 

 

close

 

closes the current output file.

 

=\$variable

 

writes the value of the specified variable to the current output file.

 

Example:

 

[\$x = 20+3]

The result of your calculation is [=\$x] - so have a nice day!

 

The file output will be:

 

The result of your calculation is 23 - so have a nice day!

 

write

 

write string

 

writes the string to the current output file.

 

Example:

 

[write "C" & \$name]

 

This can also be written as:

 

C[=\$name]

 

filecopy ... to ...

 

filecopy source to target

 

copies the source file to the target file, without any interpretation.

 

Example:

 

filecopy "java/mapforce/mapforce.png" to \$outputpath & "/" & \$JavaPackageDir & "/mapforce.png"

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