How to wrire a text file in to specific folder using xpage

Question

How to create a text file in project folder and i need to send this file as email attachment. Then i need to delete this file.

var textBuffer="BEGIN:VCALENDAR\r\nVERSION:2.0\r\n...END:VEVENT\r\nEND:VCALENDAR";

file = new java.io.File("c:\\Notes\\sample.ics");

//Create the file
if (file.createNewFile()){

print("File is created!");

}
else{

print("File already exists.");

}

//Write Content
writer = new java.io.FileOutputStream(file);

writer.write(textBuffer.getBytes());

writer.close();

var db:Database  = session.getDatabase("server name", "database name", false);

var doc:NotesDocument = database.createDocument();

doc.appendItemValue("Form", "Memo");

var nMime:NotesMIMEEntity = doc.createMIMEEntity();

var mimeHeader:NotesMIMEHeader;

mimeHeader = nMime.createHeader("To");

mimeHeader.setHeaderVal("email id");

mimeHeader = nMime.createHeader("Subject");

mimeHeader.addValText("Test Email", "UTF-8"); 

var stream:NotesStream = session.createStream();

var pathname:string = "c:\\Notes\\sample.ics";

if (stream.open(pathname, "binary")) {

    nMime.getContentAsBytes(stream);

    stream.close();

    }

nMime.setContentFromBytes(stream, "text/plain; charset=\"UTF-8\"",NotesMIMEEntity.ENC_NONE);

doc.send();

session.setConvertMIME(true);

After this code is excuted i am getting a mail but there is no attachment. Please help me to find what went wrong in this code.

What have you tried so far? and where did you get stuck? https://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-ask — Per Henrik Lausten, Aug 10 '18 at 07:48
I am able to create the file using response.getOutputStream().write(textBuffer.getBytes()); method but i need to write this file in to a specific folder in my project — Arun Raj, Aug 10 '18 at 08:15
I just need to create a file in my project path folder using ssjs. I am new to SSJS. — Arun Raj, Aug 10 '18 at 08:41
What is "project folder"? Is it accessible from Domino? And why you want to create it there, then delete it? — Frantisek Kossuth, Aug 10 '18 at 10:22
It is always problematic if you just copy n paste code from somewhere else without knowing what it does: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35868865/xpages-to-create-txt-file-via-ssjs#35869888 — Sven Hasselbach, Aug 10 '18 at 16:10
@SvenHasselbach this is first time i am seeing SSJS and lotus note. Thats why i am not sure how this thing works. — Arun Raj, Aug 13 '18 at 05:00
@FrantisekKossuth For eaxmple i need to create this text file in the webcontent folder of the lotus note application. — Arun Raj, Aug 13 '18 at 05:01

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 11 '18 at 10:35

There are 2 potential answers to your question:

a) with “project folder” you refer to a folder on your local machine (the one running the browser): for security no Webserver can specify the download location. It is a browser setting. That’s for security. It would be too easy to damage a user’s workstation. The only way is when you control the browser - which might work for an integration user, but not a user base.

b) “Project folder” is a location on the server (the machine running Domino). There you instantiate a FileOutputStream (a Java Object) and do the same. SSJS can use Java classes.

If you share why you need this, a better solution can be proposed.

The exact need is to write some content as text file and sent this text file as attachment via mail. Can we store the text file in a document? — Arun Raj, Aug 13 '18 at 04:56
That’s your perception of the requirement. The real one is: create something that gets emailed and received as email with an attachment — stwissel, Aug 13 '18 at 11:04

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 13 '18 at 11:10

You need a complete different approach: - check the Mime classes in Notes - create a multipart mime document - write your text data into a mime part flagged as attachment

No creation of a file required. See also this answer: When generating HTML email using MIME, can attachments be displayed in the Lotus Notes email body?

If you insist of creating a physical file: you need to store it on the server FileOutputStream style, since the server side attach function doesn’t have access to your local file system

How to wrire a text file in to specific folder using xpage

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