C Cyan Member Licensed User Longtime User Mar 1, 2020 #1 Hi all, I've tried searching for this but I am not sure of the best keywords to use I have a text file containing a list of dates along with a small piece of text for each of the dates that I would like to use in my app as a map. Now, what I'd like to do is to use B4X serialisation (whether it is random access file or B4Xserializator) to create a data file that contains the data from the text file already "encoded" as a B4X map so that I can include it in my assets folder (i.e. via File Manager). I can then read the file from the app and already load it as a map. Is there any way to achieve this please? Would using B4J be a good approach since I could then write it to a folder and then just copy the file to my B4A app? Thank you for any thoughts on this. PS. I did think about a DB, but I think it's a little bit of overkill for what is essentially a lookup table.
Hi all, I've tried searching for this but I am not sure of the best keywords to use I have a text file containing a list of dates along with a small piece of text for each of the dates that I would like to use in my app as a map. Now, what I'd like to do is to use B4X serialisation (whether it is random access file or B4Xserializator) to create a data file that contains the data from the text file already "encoded" as a B4X map so that I can include it in my assets folder (i.e. via File Manager). I can then read the file from the app and already load it as a map. Is there any way to achieve this please? Would using B4J be a good approach since I could then write it to a folder and then just copy the file to my B4A app? Thank you for any thoughts on this. PS. I did think about a DB, but I think it's a little bit of overkill for what is essentially a lookup table.
drgottjr Expert Licensed User Longtime User Mar 2, 2020 #2 you could also do something similar with b4a: write your file to direxternal and usb-drag it over to your project. you just need permission to write to direxternal. i've done it for the same reason as you. Upvote 0
you could also do something similar with b4a: write your file to direxternal and usb-drag it over to your project. you just need permission to write to direxternal. i've done it for the same reason as you.
DonManfred Expert Licensed User Longtime User Mar 2, 2020 #3 you can also use a b4j app to create it and directly store it in your b4a apps Files folder Upvote 0
C Cyan Member Licensed User Longtime User Mar 2, 2020 #4 Thank you both, I ended up writing it in B4J as per DonManfred's suggestion and it works perfectly! Upvote 0
