Okay, so I got the following problem:

I'm trying to open a text file in my project folder. So far so good, I got the following function:




Now, what I'd expect to happen now is that the error boxes popping up show me the path I wanna access, which should be my project folder (I got no subfolders) and the handle I get when accessing the file. The file does physically exist in the folder.
What I get in the box however is not this:

%EXE_DIR%\\myFile.txt

but this:

%EXE_DIR%\myFile.txt

As you can see, one "\" is missing; accordingly, I get a zero as file handle value as the folder the script tries to open doesnt exist.

I tried and put an


with a varying number of "\"s, and I always got only one "\" back - if I put an uneven number of them in the string, I get a syntax error at compiling.
Now, am I missing something about strings here? Is there a logical reason why the "\"s seem to vanish?

Aaahh, okay. Must have overseen this. Thanks, fogman.

EDIT: Hmm, from what is said there a "\\" would have to be written like this:

"\\\\"

However, this still writes only one "\"; this "\\ \\" correctly translates into "\ \", however, this isn't of much use when trying to open the file. On the other hand, a "\\\\\\" (with six chars) translates into the desired "\\"; In the examples in the manual, they only write TWO backslashes in the file path strings. I'm quite confused right now, especially because i have the felling I'm missing something obvious.


EDIT NO.2:

Plus, now the compiler tells me "file_dialog" is a undeclared identifier - what it shouldn't do, should it?
All using the free A8.

EDIT No.3:

Okay, I did miss the fact that one uses SINGLE backslashes in file paths, not pairs... so, my core issues are solved, yet the undeclared identifier problem remains.
EDITED THE EDIT:

Okay, seems like you have to manually include the "strio.c". Everything works as it should now.

it's not okay there: STRING* fileToGet = " ";

you should use: STRING* fileToGet = str_create("");