IMetabaseUpdate.SaveToFile

Syntax

SaveToFile(FileName: String);

Parameters

FileName. Full path and file name, into which the update is saved.

Description

The SaveToFile method saves an update to a file with the *.pef extension.

Comments

The *.pef format is outdated, use the IMetabaseUpdate.SaveToFileNF method to save to the new *.pefx format. The *.pefx format enables to save bigger number of objects to the update.

Example

Executing the example requires the update file C:&Update.pef.

Sub UserProc;

Var

MB: IMetabase;

Update: IMetabaseUpdate;

SpecialObjNode: IMetabaseUpdateSpecialObjectsNode;

Begin

MB := MetabaseClass.Active;

Update := Mb.CreateUpdate;

Update.LoadFromFile("C:\Update.pef");

SpecialObjNode := Update.SpecialObjectsNode;

SpecialObjNode.ApplyObject(MetabaseSpecialObject.SharedParams) := True;

Update.SaveToFile("C:\Update.pef");

End Sub UserProc;

After executing this example the special object, global variables, is added to the update loaded from the C:\Update.pef file. Then the update is saved.