stevecasper Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 I'm trying to build a macro using ASCII File Process. I get the following error (it doesn't matter if I set to comma or tab delimited): And here is a screenshot of my editor window. I even went with a basic %T[1]% variable just in case my named variable was causing confusion: I've used ASCII File processes before (in ME3), but this is the first time I've attempted to build one in ME Pro. Am I missing something that should be obvious, or is there a bug? I scanned through the forum quickly but didn't see this particular problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevecasper Posted February 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 Nevermind. I'm an idiot. I failed to provide the "Destination" variable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrypin Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 I'm trying to build a macro using ASCII File Process. I get the following error (it doesn't matter if I set to comma or tab delimited): And here is a screenshot of my editor window. I even went with a basic %T[1]% variable just in case my named variable was causing confusion: I've used ASCII File processes before (in ME3), but this is the first time I've attempted to build one in ME Pro. Am I missing something that should be obvious, or is there a bug? I scanned through the forum quickly but didn't see this particular problem. Steve, Windows filenames cannot include '\'. -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevecasper Posted February 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 Steve, Windows filenames cannot include '\'. -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK Are you sure? Once I realized that I forgot to add the destination variable, the macro worked fine. In fact, when I browse to a location, the back-slash '\' is displayed by Windows itself. Note, the following screenshot shows a browsed-to file: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cory Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 It's an illegal char for a file name, here it's acting like part of the path. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrypin Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 Are you sure? Once I realized that I forgot to add the destination variable, the macro worked fine. In fact, when I browse to a location, the back-slash '\' is displayed by Windows itself. Note, the following screenshot shows a browsed-to file: I see now that you're using it in a path, not in a filename as I hastily thought - where of course they would be invalid for obvious reasons! -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevecasper Posted February 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 It's an illegal char for a file name, here it's acting like part of the path. I see now that you're using it in a path, not in a filename as I hastily thought - where of course they would be invalid for obvious reasons! -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK Thank you both. Now I understand the confusion. Yes, the \ was used to separate the variable (path) from the .txt file as I hadn't included the \ within the variable itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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