Build Batch File Dynamically?

Targets Windows
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I need to build a batch file in Xojo so that I can dynamically change some of the strings that go in the commands. How do you create a batch file in Xojo from variables that you can then execute using the shell? Thanks!

@Tim Hare

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create a text file
write all the commands you want to a text file
compose the commands you want using string concatenation

then run the batch file you just wrote

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Create a text file using TextOutputStream?

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And I suppose you just name the folderitem with a .bat extension?

Thanks.

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yes to both

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@Norman Palardy how do I manually specify the folderitem path so I can name the file? I am using code that gets my exe location based on debugBuild or not and setting a string var with it.

How can I use my path variable strAppPath to set the name of the text file I created?

Dim f As FolderItem = Documents.Child("Sample.txt")

I need Dim f As FolderItem = strAppPath.Child(“Sample.bat”) somehow?

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try App.ExeFile.NativePath

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I use this code to get set strAppPath:

' Set application path if DebugBuild Then strAppPath = App.ExecutableFile.Parent.Parent.AbsolutePath else strAppPath = App.ExecutableFile.Parent.AbsolutePath end

I need to do something like this:

Dim fPath As FolderItem = strAppPath Dim f As FolderItem f = fPath.Child("Test.bat")

Thanks but unless I am using it in the wrong place App.ExeFile.NativePath said App has no member named ExeFile.

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http://documentation.xojo.com/index.php/App

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Found the answer I was looking for here:
https://forum.xojo.com/15138-creating-then-writing-to-a-text-file

Dim f As FolderItem #if DebugBuild f = getfolderitem("").Parent.Child("Test.bat") #else f = getfolderItem("Test.bat") #endif