io.open

[Tic-Tac]

I'm trying to output some data as a txt file to then read into Voice attack, as I'm not over experienced with LUA I'm trying to make sure each step of my plan is doable before jumping in, but am stuck with the export piece.

 

Everything I've learned so far has come form some very helpful posts in this forum, but it seems what others report 'works fine' I still get an error, so maybe a basic misunderstanding on my part

 

I'm saving the code below as a .lua file and then using 'do script file' to trigger the script

 

somedata = "Interesting information"

local exportFile = io.open("G:\LUA\file.txt", "w")

exportFile:write(somedata)

exportFile:close()

 

However I get an error message (attached)

 

 

 

I;m running DCS 1.5 as admin, and have created the file in the location referenced in the script

 

Any ideas/comments/suggestions gratefully received!

 

thanks

[Whisper]

AFAIK these libs are protected in DCS. In this file : <DCS main directory>/Scripts/MissionScripting.lua there are calls to a SanitizeModule function which prohibits the use of these libs. You need to comment out the corresponding line to be able to use the lib.

[Tic-Tac]

Thanks Whisper, now all working as expected...

[Ignition]

On 10/10/2016 at 10:03 AM, Whisper said:

AFAIK these libs are protected in DCS. In this file : <DCS main directory>/Scripts/MissionScripting.lua there are calls to a SanitizeModule function which prohibits the use of these libs. You need to comment out the corresponding line to be able to use the lib.

 

Thanks!