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SaveMap()

Summary

Saves settings for a map window to a file on disk.

 

Syntax

SaveMap(string map_name, string path [, array options])

 

Argument

Contents

map_name

The name of the map, or null for the current map

path

The path and file name in which to save the map, or null to save the map to the file either from which it was opened or to which it was most recently saved

 

Option

Type

Contents

Header Data

Any

A value to store in the file header, including an array

 

Notes

Example

SaveMap("My First Map", "c:\\mymap.map")

 

// HeaderData variable defined previously

SaveMap( , "c:\\mymap1.map", {{"Header Data", HeaderData}})

 

Error Codes

Error Type

Meaning

Error

Unable to create the map file (e.g., out of disk space, the drive or directory is read only)

NotFound

There is no map with the specified name, or path is null and the map was not previously saved to a file

 

See Also

Function

Summary

DuplicateMap()

Creates a copy of a map

GetMapFile()

Gets the name of the file in which a map was last saved

GetMapSaveFlag()

Determines whether a map has changed since it was last saved to a file

OpenMap()

Opens a map file and displays it in a map window

 

 

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