On Sunday 29 July 2012 19:27:38 Christian Nobel wrote:
> > MSEgui uses a platform independent "unified file path format" by default.
> > Windows "C:\aaa\bbb" becomes "/C:/aaa/bbb" in MSEgui format. So it is
> > possible to mount a Windows "C:" as Linux partition under "/C:/" in a
> > multi boot environment and to use the same pathnames on Windows and
> > Linux.
> > All MSEgui file functions can handle the unified or the system format.
>
> Can that be defined somewhere?
>
The file dialog can use system format if you want. Internal MSEgui always uses
the unified format.
> > You use an old style Pascal file so the MSEgui format must be converted
> > to the Windows system format.
>
> I still don't get it, as I do not make any choices, and as all I do is
> to select the file form the filedialog, so where does the old style come
> into the picture?
>
Here:
"
AssignFile(CSVFile,tfiledialog1.controller.filename);
"
There is tmsefilestream and there are the lowlevel MSEgui IO functions in
msesysintf:
"
//all filenames below are in mseformat!
function sys_getcurrentdir: filenamety;
function sys_getapphomedir: filenamety;
function sys_getuserhomedir: filenamety;
function sys_gettempdir: filenamety;
function sys_setcurrentdir(const dirname: filenamety): syserrorty;
function sys_copyfile(const oldfile,newfile: filenamety): syserrorty;
function sys_deletefile(const filename: filenamety): syserrorty;
function sys_renamefile(const oldname,newname: filenamety): syserrorty;
function sys_createdir(const path: msestring;
const rights: filerightsty): syserrorty;
function sys_openfile(const path: filenamety; const openmode: fileopenmodety;
const accessmode: fileaccessmodesty;
const rights: filerightsty; out handle: integer): syserrorty;
function sys_closefile(const handle: integer): syserrorty;
function sys_flushfile(const handle: integer): syserrorty;
function sys_dup(const source: integer; out dest: integer): syserrorty;
function sys_read(fd: longint; buf: pointer; nbytes: longword): integer;
function sys_write(fd: longint; buf: pointer; nbytes: longword): integer;
function sys_errorout(const atext: string): syserrorty;
function sys_stdin: integer;
function sys_stdout: integer;
function sys_stderr: integer;
function sys_getfileinfo(const path: filenamety; var info: fileinfoty):
boolean;
function sys_opendirstream(var stream: dirstreamty): syserrorty;
function sys_closedirstream(var stream: dirstreamty): syserrorty;
function sys_readdirstream(var stream: dirstreamty; var info: fileinfoty):
boolean;
//true if valid
"
> > On Linux system and MSEgui file name format are identical.
>
> Meaning they are not on Windows??
>
Windows "C:\aaa\bbb" becomes "/C:/aaa/bbb" in MSEgui format.
Martin
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