Actions: Disk I/O

ask for file path

Asks the user to select a desired filepath. A filepath contains a filename and its folder path.

Argument	Description
FilePathVariable	The variable that will contain the filepath. It will contain ‘Cancel’ if the user cancelled the selection.
DefaultFileName	Pass an optional default name and location of the folder whose contents will be shown in the selection dialog.

ask for folder

Asks the user to select a folder.

Argument	Description
FolderSelectionVariable	The variable that will contain the path of the selected folder. ‘Cancel’ will be output to the variable if the user cancel’s the selection dialog. The returned folder path INCLUDES the trailing slash (/).

create a folder

Create a folder inside the user’s ‘documents’ folder.

Argument	Description
FolderName	The name of the folder to be created in the current user’s ‘documents’ folder

export as CSV

Exports the provided column headers and row data as a CSV file. On desktop, the file will be saved to the selected location. On mobile, the file will be saved to the app’s documents folder.

Argument	Description
ColumnHeaders	A comma-delimited list of headers for each column of the CSV file. If the value contains a comma or new line, the value must be enclosed in a pair of quotation marks. If the value contains a quotation mark, use double quotation marks. Example Header Data: Book Title,Author,Quote
RowData	A line-delimited list where each line is a row of the CSV file. Each line contains a comma-delimited list of column values. If the value contains a comma or new line, the value must be enclosed in a pair of quotation marks. If the value contains a quotation mark, use double quotation marks. Example Row Data: The Fellowship of the Ring,J.R.R. Tolkien,“““Not all those who wander are lost.”““ ”Oh, the Places You’ll Go!“,Dr. Seuss,”““Kid, you’ll move mountains.”““ The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson,Emily Dickinson,”““That it will never come again Is what makes life so sweet.”“”

Argument

Description

ColumnHeaders

A comma-delimited list of headers for each column of the CSV file. If the value contains a comma or new line, the value must be enclosed in a pair of quotation marks. If the value contains a quotation mark, use double quotation marks.

Example Header Data:
Book Title,Author,Quote

RowData

A line-delimited list where each line is a row of the CSV file. Each line contains a comma-delimited list of column values. If the value contains a comma or new line, the value must be enclosed in a pair of quotation marks. If the value contains a quotation mark, use double quotation marks.

Example Row Data:
The Fellowship of the Ring,J.R.R. Tolkien,“““Not all those who wander are lost.”““
”Oh, the Places You’ll Go!“,Dr. Seuss,”““Kid, you’ll move mountains.”““
The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson,Emily Dickinson,”““That it will never come again
Is what makes life so sweet.”“”

list files

Lists the files in a specified folder inside the current user’s ‘Documents’ folder.

Argument	Description
FolderName	The name of the folder inside the current user’s ‘Documents’ folder to list the files from.
VariableName	The variable to store the file list output into.

load a text file

Load a text file from specified folder inside current user’s ‘Documents’ folder.

Argument	Description
VariableName	The variable to load the text file into
FolderName	The name of the folder to load from, inside current user’s ‘Documents’ folder
FileName	Name of the text file to load

load binary file

Load a binary file from specified folder inside current user’s ‘Documents’ folder.

Argument	Description
VariableName	The variable to load the binary file into
FolderName	The name of the folder to load from, inside current user’s ‘Documents’ folder
FileName	Name of the binary file to load

load file from path

Load a binary file from specified folder inside current user’s ‘Documents’ folder.

Argument	Description
Mode	Set the mode of the load operation. Binary or text. The default is Binary, and usually works for text as well.
FilePath	The full path of the file to load.
Variable	The variable into which to load the file.

save a binary file

Save a binary file into specified folder inside current user’s ‘Documents’ folder.

Argument	Description
VariableName	The variable to save into a binary file
FolderName	The name of the folder to save into, inside current user’s ‘Documents’ folder
FileName	Name of the binary file to save

save a text file

Save a text file into specified folder inside current user’s ‘Documents’ folder.

Argument	Description
VariableName	The variable to save into a text file
FolderName	The name of the folder to save into, inside current user’s ‘Documents’ folder
FileName	Name of the text file to save

save file to path

Save a file to a precise path on the device’s local file system. Include the file name and extension in the path.

Argument	Description
Mode	Set the mode of the save operation. Binary or text. The default is Binary, and usually works fine for text as well.
Data	The variable where the data to be saved is stored.
FilePath	The variable where the full file path is stored.

select file

Ask the user to select one or more files.

Argument	Description
FileNameVariable	The variable that will contain only the file name of the selected file. Or a list of filenames, if multiple files are selected
SelectedFileVariable	The variable that will contain a line delimited list of selected files
AllowMultipleFiles	Set to true to allow for selection of multiple files

set working folder

Set the working folder (inside the user’s ‘documents’ folder).

Argument	Description
FolderName	The value to set variable to (input or another variable)

This chapter was last updated on Fri 18 Apr 2025 13:55:00 BST