Pff.save Function

Format

b = pff_name.save(pff_filename);

Description

The Pff.save function saves the contents of the Pff object to the disk to a PFF file with the name supplied by the string expression pff_filename. Because Pff objects can be executed without saving them, this function is not necessary, but may be useful if you want a copy of your PFF file on the disk.

Return Value

The function returns a logical value of 1 (true) if the PFF was successfully saved and 0 (false) otherwise.

Example

// create PFFs for running the listing application for each province
Pff listing_pff;
listing_pff.load("Listing.pff");

do numeric counter = 1 while counter <= PROVINCE_VS.length()

listing_pff.setProperty("Description", maketext("List in %s", PROVINCE_VS.labels(counter)));
listing_pff.setProperty("Key", maketext("%02d", PROVINCE_VS.codes(counter)));

string new_pff_filename = maketext("Listing%02d.pff", PROVINCE_VS.codes(counter));
listing_pff.save(new_pff_filename);

enddo;

See also: Pff Object, Pff.load Function