[WeiDU] append line of text to end of file being patched

[Sam.]

Is there not a WeiDU command to simply append a line of text to the end of the file currently being patched? APPEND_OUTER is what I want, but I'm not allowed to use it to modify a file I'm already patching...

 

I really do hate WeiDU syntax!

[Jarno Mikkola]

End of the file... nope, you don't want to do that... pretty sure about that... maybe the end of the description of the file you want to patch... cause those are not the same thing.

[agb1]

Edit: I don't know. Jarno, can you clarify? I don't understand your post here.

[Mike1072]

You can do this sort of thing with INSERT_BYTES.

TEXT_SPRINT stuff_to_append ~blah blah blah~
INSERT_BYTES SOURCE_SIZE STRING_LENGTH (~%stuff_to_append%~)
WRITE_ASCIIE SOURCE_SIZE ~%stuff_to_append%~

[K4thos]

or you can use APPEND_FILE / APPEND_FILE_EVALUATE like this:

<<<<<<<< .../append.txt
blah blah blah
>>>>>>>>

COPY ~foo~ ~foo~
  APPEND_FILE ~.../append.txt~

If you need to create the new file to append as a patch command too than you can use INNER_ACTION.

COPY ~foo~ ~foo~
  INNER_ACTION BEGIN
<<<<<<<< .../append.txt
blah blah blah
>>>>>>>>
  END
  APPEND_FILE ~.../append.txt~

[subtledoctor]

Ya, I use APPEND_FILE all the time, for example to add stuff to CLAB tables. It can be very convenient, depending on what exactly you are doing, because if you want to change what is appended you only need to change s short text file instead of digging through .tp2 code.

[subtledoctor]

Btw when appending to the end of a file, especially if it's a 2da file or similar, it's often a good idea to use Camdawg's "Remove Lines" routine right before the APPEND.

 

https://github.com/subtledoctor/Scales_of_Balance/blob/master/scales_of_balance/lib/remove_lines.tpa

[Sam.]

Thanks all!

 

You can do this sort of thing with INSERT_BYTES.

TEXT_SPRINT stuff_to_append ~blah blah blah~
INSERT_BYTES SOURCE_SIZE STRING_LENGTH (~%stuff_to_append%~)
WRITE_ASCIIE SOURCE_SIZE ~%stuff_to_append%~

WeiDU complained about the parenthesis, but in the end I was able to make this do what I wanted.

 

Thanks again,

Sam.