This may or not be related, but I have noticed that sometimes Buddy API returns 0 for baFileExists() even when its there. Have not narrowed down why yet (path length, folder depth, etc) but it may be related if the Xtra uses the same function internally to validate files.
-Chuck -------------------------- Chuck Neal CEO, MediaMacros, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mediamacros.com -------------------------- Check out the Developers Mall Your one stop shop for all your Director Xtra Needs http://www.mediamacros.net/customer -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Ingrum Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 9:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: <lingo-l> BUDDY API BUG -- NOOOOOOOOOOO!! OK, now you've got us confused- hmmm... seems to work for me (win2k, buddy 3.7- now with the MUCH BETTER non-swf help document) longFolder="d:\1dir\2dir\3dir\4dir\5dir\6dir\7dir\" aFile="afile.txt" put bafileexists(longFolder&aFile) --1 put baopenfile(longFolder&aFile,"normal") --44 (no error, opened fine) put bafolderexists(longFolder) --1 newFolder="d:\dir1\" put bacopyxfilesprogress(longFoler,newFolder,"*.*","always","my title",0) --0 (no error copied fine) Stephen Mendelsohn, Michael wrote the following on 10/11/2004 7:07 AM: >Ha! Yes, I realize that was a ridiculous typo on my part. My bad. >Wicked bad. > >However, there's still an issue with baCopyXFileProgress not being able >to get at items more than 5 levels deep. Sometimes when I post, I do >so hastily. > >- Michael M. > > >[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!]