[TOOL] LUAC Script Compiler

[Habhome]

No, I see the directory IS created in the right place. The issue might lie in me using the already there file operations with just a change in file-path, I'm probably messing something up there and I've stared myself blind at the code, I think I'll find it much easier after sleeping on it.

The only thing I added was:
lfs.mkdir("Backup");
Since i'm already working within the correct root folder it is created where I want it.
As I said, the problem is probably in my strings holding the paths for other parts of the code, probably mixed them up somewhere. I'll fix it tomorrow. Bye for now.

[CrowdAds]

[delirius]

i have changed source code to better suit mine needs to:

local Backup = '..\\' .. Apeopex.UserButtons[Index].Caption .. "\\" .. I .. '.BAK', '..\\' .. Apeopex.UserButtons[Index].Caption .. "\\" .. I;
local Compiled = '..\\' .. Apeopex.UserButtons[Index].Caption .. "\\" .. I, '..\\' .. Apeopex.UserButtons[Index].Caption .. "\\" .. I;
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local Finished, Error = CopyFile(Compiled,Backup);
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OutFile:write(string.dump(assert(loadfile(Backup)) ));

I hope that are all changes i made.

EDIT.: Nevermind this post i was reacting to post 10 posts before

[Kalle Kula]

I guess the c thing is closed. It's working in the ADK but closed on the player.

ou must compile it to a dll , if you want i could probably send a compiled version, ( I have been using c modules in my code for a while ).

if you have found a workaroaund for c modules on the player please share it

[jbob182]

if you have found a workaroaund for c modules on the player please share it

Unfortantly, dynamic libraries are disabled on the player (after a bit of testing). I have also tried linux libraries with no luck.

[Habhome]

Originally Posted by jbob182

I can, here is the code i use:

require "lfs"
lfs.mkdir (lfs.currentdir () .. "/HelloWorldDir")
myfile = io.open("/HelloWorldDir/TextFile.txt","w+")
myfile:write("Hello World!")
io.close(myfile)

After testing around, you would only get that error if the dir didnt exist, so you must be missing this part :lfs.currentdir () ..

Shit, it wasn't made in the right folder...

How would I go about makign the directory in another folder? Right now it only has the backup-app's folder's path, but when I try to use lfs.chdir(path) I get an "invalid Argument" error, I must have the wrong syntax of my path... But not even giving it
'c:\\Creative\\ZEN X-Fi2\\Applications\\' .. Apeopex.UserButtons[Index].Caption
as a path worked...

This is what I do now to create it, but I get Invalid Argument error:

local BackupFolder = '..\\' .. Apeopex.UserButtons[Index].Caption .. '\\Backup'
  print("creating: " .. BackupFolder)
  local Folder, Error = lfs.mkdir(BackupFolder) --Create backup directory
  if Folder == nil then
	print(Error)
  else
	print("Succes at creating directory")
  end;

EDIT:
I fixed it, I changed the way I stored the path like this:

local BackupFolder = string.gsub('..\\' .. Apeopex.UserButtons[Index].Caption .. '\\Backup',string.char(13),"")

i knew I had missed something... xD

[Habhome]

Here is my modified version of the LUAC.

This one compiles the original file, keeping its name.
It backs up the files in a folder named "Backup" inside of the application's own folder.
Never overwrites a backup if one exists already, instead it names it with the ending (1), (2)...

Disclaimer: I am not the creator of the original code, I have just modified it to adhere to user-feedback. This is not yet tested with multiple .LUA files in a project, but it should work just as well as the original software.

Before you try it for the first time, make a manual backup just to be sure!

[jbob182]

I will run a test on Pingus with this version and edit this post to say how well it works.
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I ran it and it works perefectly on multiple files, HOWEVER it will not find much deeper files such as

Pingus X-Fi2\data\campaign\Tutorial Island\Tutorial Island.lua

Use the lfs search option for dirs, and then search each dir for .lua

[Habhome]

Originally Posted by jbob182

I will run a test on Pingus with this version and edit this post to say how well it works.
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I ran it and it works perefectly on multiple files, HOWEVER it will not find much deeper files such as

Pingus X-Fi2\data\campaign\Tutorial Island\Tutorial Island.lua

Use the lfs search option for dirs, and then search each dir for .lua

Ah yeah, the original LUAC didn't support going deeper in the folder-structure, and I didn't think of changing that. I'll see what I can do