system.file.getTempFile
Description
Creates a new temp file on the host machine with a certain extension, returning the path to the file. The file is marked to be removed when the Java VM exits.
Syntax
system.file. getTempFile( extension )
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Parameters
String extension - An extension, like ".txt", to append to the end of the temporary file.
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Returns
String - The path to the newly created temp file.
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Scope
All
Code Examples
Code Snippet
#This code writes some data to a temorary file, and then opens that file. Assume that the data variable holds the contents of an excel (xls) file.
filename
=
system.
file
.getTempFile(
"xls"
)
system.
file
.writeFile(filename, data)
system.net.openURL(
"file://"
+
filename)