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amitbansal's avatar
amitbansal
Occasional Contributor
8 years ago

aqFile LinesCount fails to work

here is my function where I am using LinesCount and facing issue, language used is JScript function getLines(){  var sapFile;  sapFile = aqFile.OpenTextFile("PHOENIX_ACTUALS", aqFile.faRead, aqFil...
  • amitbansal's avatar
    amitbansal
    8 years ago

    Thanks for your reply.

    when I use the FS object as in below function it reads the lines and I am able to count the lines in count variable.

     

    function ReadFile(AFileName)
    {
      const ForReading = 1;
      let FS = Sys.OleObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");

      let F = FS.OpenTextFile(AFileName, ForReading);
    count =0;  

    while(! F.AtEndOfStream){
        let s = F.ReadLine();
        count++;

      }
      F.Close();
    }

amitbansal's avatar
amitbansal
Occasional Contributor
8 years ago
can someone from smartbear take a note of the possible bug in aqfile ?
  • tristaanogre's avatar
    tristaanogre
    Esteemed Contributor
    8 years ago

    Honestly, I don't think this is a bug in aqFile.  As noted, opening the file up in Windows Notepad displays with no line breaks.  This means that the file is formatted differently than what is typically done for a flat text file. If notepad can't find linebreaks, then it's not a standardly formatted text file.  Again, nothing wrong with using the Scripting.FileSystem object that you are using.

    Question: What is the source of PHOENIX_ACTUALS?  Is there a way that the file generation can be tweaked to a different format?

  • HKosova's avatar
    HKosova
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    8 years ago

    It's not a bug. aqTextFile.LinesCount is working as intended.

     

    Windows platform uses the CR+LF ('\r\n' or 0x0D0A) character combination as a line break, so LinesCount counts the lines based on CR+LF. CR or LF alone are not recognized as line breaks.

     

    If you wish you can submit a feature request to have aqFile recognize other line separators.