Hi, Karens solution ( if it works - I havn't tried ) may be what you are looking for.
I would however discourage following soft links ( shortcuts ) when traversing a tree, or you may get a cyclic link that locks ( and eventually crashes ) your program. ( think C:\that\this.lnk -> C:\that ) Hard links ( available in MacOS and Linux ) are cyclic safe ( mostly since directory links aren't allowed ). Soft links are not cyclic safe in any of these three. /Þór -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carlo Rubini Sent: 19. október 2006 12:49 To: REALbasicNUGlist Network Users Group Subject: dealing with dead shortcuts in win32 I'm having some problem when, parsing nested folders in win32 environment, the loop encounters a shortcut referring to a folder that does not exist anymore. Meantime, I noticed that even if the icon of such shortcut is that of a folder, the shortcut itself is a file with the extension .lnk No use to say something like: if f.item(i) <> nil and f.item(i).exists then doSomething; because f.item(i) will go through the loop and generate the following system-message: "The drive or network connection that the shortcut 'foo.lnk' refers to is anavailable. Make sure etc etc." The workaround that at present works for me is to do this: for i = 1 to f.count if f.item(i).directory then //do recursion else f = f.item(i) //I even tried adding: f = f.parent.child(f.name) but it is an unecessary step //do something with f end if next So here is my question: is there a simpler way to block a dead shortcut? (Sorry, but I'm not a windows man). Thanks, -- Carlo _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
