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Import text file to output to wallpaper

Siuko
2013-12-12
2015-03-17
  • Siuko

    Siuko - 2013-12-12

    Is there anyway that BGInfo4x can read a specific text file from a users area on logon and output this to their wallpaper?

    We have a way to quickly create a grades.txt file on each users area (h:\grades.txt).

    We would like to read this file on logon and output it to the users wallpaper.

    Thanks

     

    Last edit: Siuko 2013-12-12
  • BGINFO for X and for Windows!

    Yes it is. Easy to do if you provide more information:

    The grades.txt is a general file for all of your users? Or there is a grades.txt file by user?

    Is the file grades.txt located on a network share like \server\share or
    there is a mapped drive unit like Z:\ by user?

    Can you provide an example of grades.txt?

    Thanks.

     
    • Anonymous

      Anonymous - 2014-07-15

      Any chance we could get an answer to this? I need the same thing. I have a file with an MOE version number in it (single line of text in a text file) and need this to be displayed by BGINFO4X on the wallpaper. The file will be locally stored on the server, created by the MOE process.

       
  • Anonymous

    Anonymous - 2014-07-15

    Any chance we could get an answer to this? I need the same thing. I have a file with an MOE version number in it (single line of text in a text file) and need this to be displayed by BGINFO4X on the wallpaper. The file will be locally stored on the server, created by the MOE process.

     
  • BGINFO for X and for Windows!

    Hello,

    In OUT.CONF create a line like:

    MOE NUMBER: X cat "full_path_to_your_file"

     
    • Anonymous

      Anonymous - 2015-03-17

      Finally got around to trying this. Doesn't work. With the above suggestion, it prints: "MOE NUMBER:" and that's it.

      The file is in the path (just a text file). Correct path is definitely being referenced.

       
  • BGINFO for X and for Windows!

    Open a bash terminal and execute : $ cat "full_path_to_your_file", what do you get?

     

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