[iOliverC]

Hi guys,

I'm trying to save some data to a plist installed on a users hard drive. Here is my current code to do it (does not work):

Code:
- (void)save
{
	NSMutableDictionary *dict = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile:[NSHomeDirectory() stringByAppendingString:@"/Library/Application Support/Tag/Snippets/Snippets.plist"]];
    NSMutableDictionary *dictionary = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
    NSEnumerator *enumerator =[listOfSnippets objectEnumerator];
    TagSnippet *snippet;
    while (snippet = [enumerator nextObject])
	{
		NSMutableDictionary *snippetValues = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
		[snippetValues setValue:[snippet snippetTemplate] forKey:TAG_SNIPPET_TEMPLATE_KEY];
		[snippetValues setValue:[[snippet shortcutKey] stringValue] forKey:TAG_SNIPPET_SHORTCUT_KEY];
		[dictionary setValue:snippetValues forKey:[snippet title]];
	}
    [dict setObject:dictionary forKey:TAG_SNIPPETS_KEY];
}

For some reason at all, nothing is written to dict at all. But, if I replace dict with [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] in the last line, it writes to my preference file fine.

The file is there (I checked), so I can't really see why it shouldn't work.

Any ideas?

Thanks
Oliver

[smeger]

You're never saving "dict". You need [dict writeToFile: path atomically: YES] in there at the end. 'path' is the same path you got at the beginning.

[iOliverC]

Hmm, I tried:

Code:
- (void)save
{
	NSMutableDictionary *dict = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile:[NSHomeDirectory() stringByAppendingString:@"/Library/Application Support/Tag/Snippets/Snippets.plist"]];
    NSMutableDictionary *dictionary = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
    NSEnumerator *enumerator =[listOfSnippets objectEnumerator];
    TagSnippet *snippet;
    while (snippet = [enumerator nextObject])
	{
		NSMutableDictionary *snippetValues = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
		[snippetValues setValue:[snippet snippetTemplate] forKey:TAG_SNIPPET_TEMPLATE_KEY];
		[snippetValues setValue:[[snippet shortcutKey] stringValue] forKey:TAG_SNIPPET_SHORTCUT_KEY];
		[dictionary setValue:snippetValues forKey:[snippet title]];
	}
    [dict setObject:dictionary forKey:TAG_SNIPPETS_KEY];
	[dict writeToFile:[NSHomeDirectory() stringByAppendingString:@"/Library/Application Support/Tag/Snippets/Snippets.plist"] atomically:YES];
}

And it still doesn't seem to save.

Any other ideas?

Much appreciated,
Oliver

[iOliverC]

Turns out it was another piece of code conflicting. Reverting it to an old version.

Thanks anyway

Oliver

[endian]

Instead of

Code:
[dict writeToFile:[NSHomeDirectory() stringByAppendingString:@"/Library/Application Support/Tag/Snippets/Snippets.plist"] atomically:YES];

You should probably use

Code:
[dict writeToFile:[NSHomeDirectory() stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"/Library/Application Support/Tag/Snippets/Snippets.plist"] atomically:YES];

which will automatically do the right thing with leading/trailing slashes and so on.

[iOliverC]

Originally posted by endian:
Instead of

Code:
[dict writeToFile:[NSHomeDirectory() stringByAppendingString:@"/Library/Application Support/Tag/Snippets/Snippets.plist"] atomically:YES];

You should probably use

Code:
[dict writeToFile:[NSHomeDirectory() stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"/Library/Application Support/Tag/Snippets/Snippets.plist"] atomically:YES];

which will automatically do the right thing with leading/trailing slashes and so on.

Good idea, thanks

[Angus_D]

Or even [NSHomeDirectory() stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"Library/Application Support/Tag/Snippets/Snippets.plist"]
Or [@"~/Library/Application Support/Tag/Snippets/Snippets.plist" stringByExpandingTildeInPath]

[smeger]

Or even better still, use Folder.h to get the "Application Support" folder in kUserDomain.