# Text file on Cloud

**URL:** <https://forum.xojo.com/t/text-file-on-cloud/23581>\
**Category:** Xojo Cloud\
**Created:** [April 14, 2015, 1:12pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/text-file-on-cloud/23581 "2015-04-14T13:12:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![John\_Newton](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@John\_Newton](https://forum.xojo.com/u/John_Newton)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 1:12pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/text-file-on-cloud/23581/1 "2015-04-14T13:12:52Z")

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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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**Author:** ![Jason\_Parsley](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/jason_parsley/32/152_2.png) [@Jason\_Parsley](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Jason_Parsley)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/text-file-on-cloud/23581/2 "2015-04-14T14:38:12Z")

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Hi John,

I would do this using SpecialFolder [http://documentation.xojo.com/index.php/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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**Author:** ![John\_Newton](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@John\_Newton](https://forum.xojo.com/u/John_Newton)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/text-file-on-cloud/23581/3 "2015-04-14T18:11:37Z")

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Got it. Thanks Jason.

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.xojo.com/uploads/default/original/1X/455b4dcc0e61630e9f81940004ddffa49c432a46.png) [@system](https://forum.xojo.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/text-file-on-cloud/23581/4 "2020-10-29T17:43:11Z")

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