BOOL MyAppWindow :: SaveFile( void )
{
   XFile savefile;
   XString s;

   mle->GetText( &s );

   /* now open the file, create a new one if the given filename is not existing, otherwise overwrite */
   /* it. open the file for write-access, dont allow any other programm to use the file while it is open*/
   if( savefile.Open( path, XFILE_CREATE_IF_NEW | XFILE_REPLACE_EXISTING, XFILE_SHARE_DENYNONE | XFILE_WRITEONLY, s.GetLength()) == 0)
      {
         /* set the file-cursor to the beginning of the file */
         savefile.Seek( 0, FILE_BEGIN);

         /*save the string */
         savefile.Write ( (char*) s, s.GetLength());

         /* close the file */
         savefile.Close();
         saved = TRUE;
         return TRUE;
      }
   else
      {
         XMessageBox( "could not open file", "error", MB_OK| MB_ERROR);
         return FALSE;
      }
}