File IO

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Using the File IO functions you can write and read from the text-files on your virtual HackWars computer. These functions were released along with powerful new functions for editing the content of your web-site, you can now dynamically replace page-content.

Examples

An example of the File IO functionality follows.

replaceContent(String key,String Content): Replaces the content represented by key in your HTML page with the new content. For example, if you had "Test.txt" on your harddrive with these contents: Some Content
Some More Content 

replaceContent(String key,String Content)


Your Web Page: 

<html>
   <body>
   <?key1?>
   <?any_string?>
   </body>
</html>


Your HTTP Script: 

replaceContent("key1",readLine("Test.txt",0));
replaceContent("any_string",readLine("Test.txt",1));


Output for Visitor To Page:

Some Content
Some More Content


This new functionality is made much more powerful when combined with the file IO functions allowing you to store sections of your in-game website to disk:

string fetchGetVariable(string key): Using this function you can extract variables from the get string of a web-site request. For example, someone types in: 192.168.2.002?var1=hello&var2=goodbye

HTTP Script:

fetchGetVariable("var1") -->Returns "hello"
fetchGetVariable("var2") -->Returns "goodbye";;

For a full function listing see the API section of the manual under the section File IO.

Potential uses

You can do some pretty powerful things with File IO, some ideas:

  • Text-based adventure games.
  • CMS system for your website.
  • A system for remotely administrating your computer.

Cost

File IO used to cost a one-time payment of $5. Now it's FREE (as in beer).

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