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 )

  • Parameters

String extension - An extension, like ".txt", to append to the end of the temporary file.

  • Returns

String - The path to the newly created temp file.

  • 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)