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TheyCallMeTim13: moved writeStringLocal to Lua:writeStringLocal

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moved writeStringLocal to Lua:writeStringLocal

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TheyCallMeTim13 at 21:35, 19 March 2017

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TheyCallMeTim13 at 13:48, 19 March 2017

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TheyCallMeTim13: /* Related Functions */

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‎Related Functions

TheyCallMeTim13 at 07:09, 9 March 2017

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TheyCallMeTim13 at 05:15, 9 March 2017

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TheyCallMeTim13: Created page with ''''function''' writeStringLocal(''Address'', ''Text'') Writes the given text to the given address, in Cheat Engine's memory. This does not write a 0-terminator at the end. You n…'

2017-03-09T02:42:33Z

Created page with ''''function''' writeStringLocal(''Address'', ''Text'') Writes the given text to the given address, in Cheat Engine's memory. This does not write a 0-terminator at the end. You n…'

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'''function''' writeStringLocal(''Address'', ''Text'')

Writes the given text to the given address, in Cheat Engine's memory. This does not write a 0-terminator at the end. You need to use [[writeBytesLocal]] yourself if you need one.

===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
|-
|Address
|[[CEAddressString]] or Integer
|The address in Cheat Engine's memory to write to
|-
|Text
|String
|The text to write to Cheat Engine's memory
|}

== See also ==
* [[Lua]]
* [[Help_File:Script engine|Script engine]]

=== Related Functions ===
* [[readBytes]]
* [[readInteger]]
* [[readQword]]
* [[readPointer]]
* [[readFloat]]
* [[readDouble]]
* [[readString]]
* [[writeBytes]]
* [[writeInteger]]
* [[writeQword]]
* [[writeFloat]]
* [[writeDouble]]
* [[writeString]]
* [[readBytesLocal]]
* [[readIntegerLocal]]
* [[readQwordLocal]]
* [[readPointerLocal]]
* [[readFloatLocal]]
* [[readDoubleLocal]]
* [[readStringLocal]]
* [[writeBytesLocal]]
* [[writeIntegerLocal]]
* [[writeQwordLocal]]
* [[writeFloatLocal]]
* [[writeDoubleLocal]]
* [[wordToByteTable]]
* [[dwordToByteTable]]
* [[qwordToByteTable]]
* [[floatToByteTable]]
* [[doubleToByteTable]]
* [[stringToByteTable]]
* [[wideStringToByteTable]]
* [[byteTableToWord]]
* [[byteTableToDword]]
* [[byteTableToQword]]
* [[byteTableToFloat]]
* [[byteTableToDouble]]
* [[byteTableToString]]
* [[byteTableToWideString]]

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 [[Category:Lua]]
-'''function''' writeStringLocal(''Address'', ''String'', [''WideChar'']) ''':''' Boolean
+{{CodeBox|'''function''' writeStringLocal(''Address'', ''String'', [''WideChar'']) ''':''' Boolean}}
 Writes a string to the specified address in Cheat Engine's own process memory (not the target process).

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 [[Category:Lua]]
-'''function''' writeStringLocal(''Address'', ''Text'', ''WideChar'' OPTIONAL)
+'''function''' writeStringLocal(''Address'', ''String'', [''WideChar'']) ''':''' Boolean
-Writes the given text to the given address, in Cheat Engine's memory. This does not write a 0-terminator at the end. You need to use [[writeBytesLocal]] yourself if you need one. Set WideChar to true if it is encoded using a widechar formatting.
+Writes a string to the specified address in Cheat Engine's own process memory (not the target process).
+Set ''WideChar'' to true to write the string as widechar (UTF-16/Unicode).
-Note: The value written will be in the Cheat Engine process instead of the targeted process.
+Returns true on success.
 ===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
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 |-
 |Address
-|[[CEAddressString]] or Integer
+|Integer or [[CEAddressString]]
-|The address in Cheat Engine's memory to write to
+|The address in Cheat Engine's memory to write to.
 |-
 |String
-|The text to write to Cheat Engine's memory
+|String
 |-
 |WideChar
-|boolean
+|Boolean (optional)
-|Set to true if it is encoded using a widechar formatting
+|Set to true to write as a widechar (UTF-16/Unicode) string. Default is false (ASCII/ANSI).
 |}
 {{LuaSeeAlso}}

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 * [[utf8ToAnsi]]
 * [[translate]]
-* [[readBytes]]
+{{ReadWriteMemory}}

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−	~~== See also ==~~	+	{{LuaSeeAlso}}
−	* [[Lua]]
−	* [[Help_File:Script engine\|Script engine]]

	=== Related Functions ===		=== Related Functions ===

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		+	[[Category:Lua]]
	'''function''' writeStringLocal(''Address'', ''Text'', ''WideChar'' OPTIONAL)		'''function''' writeStringLocal(''Address'', ''Text'', ''WideChar'' OPTIONAL)

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 === Related Functions ===
 * [[readBytes]]
 * [[readInteger]]

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	Writes the given text to the given address, in Cheat Engine's memory. This does not write a 0-terminator at the end. You need to use [[writeBytesLocal]] yourself if you need one.		Writes the given text to the given address, in Cheat Engine's memory. This does not write a 0-terminator at the end. You need to use [[writeBytesLocal]] yourself if you need one.
		+
		+	Note: The value written will be in the Cheat Engine process instead of the targeted process.

	===Function Parameters===		===Function Parameters===