Thanks for the idea Stephen. I might have to go with that because I can't seem to get baFindDrive working.
- MM what does a bafileexist() return I wonder... Stephen Mendelsohn, Michael wrote the following on 3/9/2005 8:55 AM: >Hi list... > >I'm opening PDFs from a CD using baOpenFile. Simple enough, but >occasionally, the file isn't found, returning error code 2. I >*suspect* it's because the CD has spun down, as it seems to happen only >once per running the CD (according to the tester) and then PDFs open without >error. > >I was thinking that a solution would be to put before baOpenFile a >baFindDrive command, forcing the disc to spin prior to opening the PDF. >Might this be an appropriate solution? Below is my code. > >Thanks as always, >- Michael M. > >================================ > >on mOpenDoc(me) -- open correct PDF from "documents" folder > -- *** Spin CD here? *** > -- baFindDrive(_movie.path.char[1], pData.pDocQueue) -- (drive >letter, file name) > -- ********************* > theFile = string( _movie.path & "documents" & pData.pDelim & >pData.pDocQueue) -- build path to PDF > theResult = baOpenFile(theFile, "Normal") > if (theResult < 32) then > put theResult -- occasionally puts 2. > end if >end > > >[To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to >http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, >email [email protected] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). >Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > > > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [email protected] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [email protected] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
