Thank you for all your hints. It has helped me to help myself. Thanks
again. By the way, that's the best way to learn.
At 01:12 PM 10/3/00 -0400, you wrote:
>> I am using "setPref" and "getPref" and I would like to check
>> if a text file is present in my system. Specifically in your
>> OS drive (system folder).
>
>1) getOSDirectory() doesn't return a path that ends with a path separator on
>Windows, but it does on Mac. You would need to add a "\" to create that
>file there. Otherwise, you're creating something like "C:\WINNTgehfs.txt".
>
>2) this really isn't the proper use for getPref(). Yes, it returns void if
>it doesn't find the file, but Director wants to supply the path for getPref
>and setPref. It's supposed to be used in conjunction with a PREFS folder at
>the application level. This info is easily accessible in Director's help
>file, by the way.
>
>3) if you want to check for the existence of a file in a particular place,
>use FileXtra's FileExists() or BudAPI's baFileExists(). OSXtra probably has
>a similar function.
>
>HTH
>Rob
>
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