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[[Category:Lua]]
'''function''' createTableFile(''fileName'', ''filePath'' OPTIONAL) ''':''' TableFile

Creates and adds a new [[Lua:Class:TableFile|TableFile]] object representing a file stored with the cheat table.
You can retrieve the data as a [[Lua:Class:MemoryStream|MemoryStream]] or save it to disk.

===Function Parameters===
{|width="85%" cellpadding="10%" cellpadding="5%" cellspacing="0" border="0"
!align="left"|Parameter
!align="left"|Type
!style="width: 80%;background-color:white;" align="left"|Description
|-
|fileName
|String
|The name of the file to be added to the cheat table
|-
|filePath
|String
|The path to the file to be added to the cheat table
|}

== Examples ==
local file = createTableFile('protected.wav')
playSound(file)

local file = createTableFile('protected.wav', [[C:\SomeDirectory\MySounds]])
playSound(file)

=== Adding a File ===

To add a file to your table, open the 'Table' menu and pick 'Add File':

[[Image:AddFile.png]]

Pick the file and it will be added to the table with the same name and show
up as a separate entry below 'Add file' in the 'Table' menu. From that
you can rename it, save it out to disk, or delete it:

[[Image:AddedFileMenu.png]]

{{LuaSeeAlso}}

=== Related Functions ===
* [[Lua:findTableFile|findTableFile]]

=== Related Classes ===
* [[Lua:Class:TableFile|TableFile]]
* [[Lua:Class:MemoryStream|MemoryStream]]

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	{{LuaSeeAlso}}		{{LuaSeeAlso}}
		+
		+	{{CheatTable}}

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−	~~[[Category:Lua]]~~	+	<span style="font-size:25px;color:red">Sorry! Content not available.</span>
−	~~'''function''' createTableFile(''fileName'', ''filePath'' OPTIONAL) ''':''' TableFile~~
−
−	~~Creates and adds a new [[Lua:Class:TableFile\|TableFile]] object representing a file stored with the cheat table.~~
−	~~You can retrieve the data as a [[Lua:Class:MemoryStream\|MemoryStream]] or save it to disk.~~
−
−	~~===Function Parameters===~~
−	~~{\|width="85%" cellpadding="10%" cellpadding="5%" cellspacing="0" border="0"~~
−	~~!align="left"\|Parameter~~
−	~~!align="left"\|Type~~
−	!style="~~width~~: ~~80%~~;~~background-~~color:~~white;" align=~~"~~left"\|Description~~
−	\|-
−	~~\|fileName~~
−	~~\|String~~
−	~~\|The name of the file to be added to the cheat table~~
−	\|-
−	~~\|filePath~~
−	~~\|String~~
−	~~\|The path to the file to be added to the cheat table~~
−	\|}
−
−	~~== Examples ==~~
−	~~<pre~~>
−	~~local file = createTableFile('protected.wav')~~
−	~~playSound(file)~~
−	~~</pre>~~
−	~~<pre><nowiki>~~
−	~~local file = createTableFile('protected~~.~~wav', [[C:\SomeDirectory\MySounds]])~~
−	~~playSound(file)~~
−	~~</nowiki>~~</~~pre~~>
−
−	~~=== Adding a File ===~~
−
−	~~To add a file to your table, open the '''Table''' menu and pick '''Add File''':~~
−
−	~~[[Image:AddFile.png]]~~
−
−	~~Pick the file and it will be added to the table with the same name and show~~
−	~~up as a separate entry below '''Add file''' in the '''Table''' menu. From that~~
−	~~you can rename it, save it out to disk, or delete it:~~
−
−	~~[[Image:AddedFileMenu.png]]~~
−
−
−	~~{{LuaSeeAlso}}~~
−
−	~~=== Related Functions ===~~
−	* [[Lua:findTableFile\|findTableFile]]
−
−	~~=== Related Classes ===~~
−	* [[Lua:Class:TableFile\|TableFile]]
−	* [[Lua:Class:MemoryStream\|MemoryStream]]

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 [[Category:Lua]]
-'''function''' createTableFile(''fileName'', ''filePath'' OPTIONAL) ''':''' TableFile
+{{CodeBox|'''function''' createTableFile(''fileName'', ''filePath'' OPTIONAL) ''':''' TableFile}}
-Creates and adds a new [[Lua:Class:TableFile|TableFile]] object representing a file stored with the cheat table.
+Creates a new [[Lua:Class:TableFile|TableFile]] object and adds it to the current cheat table.
-You can retrieve the data as a [[Lua:Class:MemoryStream|MemoryStream]] or save it to disk.
 ===Function Parameters===
-{|width="85%" cellpadding="10%" cellpadding="5%" cellspacing="0" border="0"
+{|width="85%" cellpadding="10%" cellspacing="0" border="0"
 !align="left"|Parameter
 !align="left"|Type
@@ Line 13: / Line 14: @@
 |fileName
 |String
-|The name of the file to be added to the cheat table
+|The name the file will have inside the cheat table.
 |-
 |filePath
-|String
+|String OPTIONAL
-|The path to the file to be added to the cheat table
+|The path to the file on disk. If omitted, a blank table file is created.
 |}
-== Examples ==
+===Returns===
-<pre>
+[[Lua:Class:TableFile|TableFile]] — The created table file object.
-local file = createTableFile('protected.wav')
 playSound(file)
-</pre>
+</syntaxhighlight>
-<pre><nowiki>
-local file = createTableFile('protected.wav', [[C:\SomeDirectory\MySounds]])
+====Create the file only if it does not already exist====
-playSound(file)
+<syntaxhighlight lang="lua" line>
-</nowiki></pre>
+local file = findTableFile("config.json")
-=== Adding a File ===
+playSound(sound)
-To add a file to your table, open the '''Table''' menu and pick '''Add File''':
+===Adding a File through the GUI===
 [[Image:AddFile.png]]
-Pick the file and it will be added to the table with the same name and show
+Select the file you want to embed. Cheat Engine adds it to the table using the original filename.
-up as a separate entry below '''Add file''' in the '''Table''' menu.  From that
-you can rename it, save it out to disk, or delete it:
+After the file has been added, it appears as a separate entry below '''Add file''' in the '''Table''' menu. From there, you can rename it, save it to disk, or delete it.
 [[Image:AddedFileMenu.png]]
 {{LuaSeeAlso}}

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−	~~<span~~ style="~~font-size~~:~~25px~~;color:~~red~~">~~Sorry! Content not available~~.</~~span~~>	+	[[Category:Lua]]
		+	'''function''' createTableFile(''fileName'', ''filePath'' OPTIONAL) ''':''' TableFile
		+
		+	Creates and adds a new [[Lua:Class:TableFile\|TableFile]] object representing a file stored with the cheat table.
		+	You can retrieve the data as a [[Lua:Class:MemoryStream\|MemoryStream]] or save it to disk.
		+
		+	===Function Parameters===
		+	{\|width="85%" cellpadding="10%" cellpadding="5%" cellspacing="0" border="0"
		+	!align="left"\|Parameter
		+	!align="left"\|Type
		+	!style="width: 80%;background-color:white;" align="left"\|Description
		+	\|-
		+	\|fileName
		+	\|String
		+	\|The name of the file to be added to the cheat table
		+	\|-
		+	\|filePath
		+	\|String
		+	\|The path to the file to be added to the cheat table
		+	\|}
		+
		+	== Examples ==
		+	<pre>
		+	local file = createTableFile('protected.wav')
		+	playSound(file)
		+	</pre>
		+	<pre><nowiki>
		+	local file = createTableFile('protected.wav', [[C:\SomeDirectory\MySounds]])
		+	playSound(file)
		+	</nowiki></pre>
		+
		+	=== Adding a File ===
		+
		+	To add a file to your table, open the '''Table''' menu and pick '''Add File''':
		+
		+	[[Image:AddFile.png]]
		+
		+	Pick the file and it will be added to the table with the same name and show
		+	up as a separate entry below '''Add file''' in the '''Table''' menu. From that
		+	you can rename it, save it out to disk, or delete it:
		+
		+	[[Image:AddedFileMenu.png]]
		+
		+
		+	{{LuaSeeAlso}}
		+
		+	=== Related Functions ===
		+	* [[Lua:findTableFile\|findTableFile]]
		+
		+	=== Related Classes ===
		+	* [[Lua:Class:TableFile\|TableFile]]
		+	* [[Lua:Class:MemoryStream\|MemoryStream]]