Text file on Cloud

Xojo Cloud
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I am a beginner on Cloud so this is probably an overly simplistic question.
I am making a webapp that loads a database from a text file. On my local network, I can load my local test database from the text file by referring to it like this:

f=New FolderItem(“w:\Files\user_extract.csv”,FolderItem.PathTypeShell)

When I deploy to Xojo Cloud, what do I do so I can load the Cloud database from the same text file? I am not sure if I can still refer to it as a local file or need to put it somewhere on the cloud?

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Hi John,

I would do this using SpecialFolder http://documentation.xojo.com/index.php/SpecialFolder. There is a Xojo Cloud section on that page that has the names of the folders.

Also, I would create a folder with the app name in Shared Documents and put the text file in that folder.

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Got it. Thanks Jason.