Hello Sarah , Hello Howard, Re revCopyFolder, Sarah, 17.7.2002:
My Parameters: Mac Powerbook G4, Mac OS 9.2.2 (german) Richard. > Message: 11 > Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 11:06:23 +1000 > Subject: Re: revCopyFolder > From: Sarah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your script works perfectly under Mac OS X but I think with Mac systems, > the revCopyFolder command uses AppleScript and it is different on > others. What system do you use? > > The only other thing I can think of is if you are trying to do a copy > that can't work, like copying a folder to itself or inside itself or > onto a protected disk. > > Sarah > > On Wednesday, July 17, 2002, at 06:40 AM, Richard Hillen wrote: > > > Hello list, > > > > I need your help with this script: > > > > on mouseup > > answer folder "Sourcefolder please" > > put it into SF > > answer Folder "Destinationfolder please" > > put it into DF > > > > revCopyFolder SF,DF > > put the result > > > > end mouseup > > > > The result: "Execution error". > > > > Why? > > > > Thanx, Richard. > > _______________________________________________ > > use-revolution mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 12 > Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 22:06:39 -0400 > Subject: Where at Macworld? - Birds of a feather > From: Rick Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi there, > > I've been looking at the old posts about this > and noticed that an exact place was not mentioned > for the Rev. Birds of a Feather gathering at MacWorld > in NYC tomorrow evening. > > Does anyone know where we are meeting? > > Thanks, > > Rick Harrison > > --__--__-- > > Message: 13 > Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 22:20:25 +0200 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Yves =?iso-8859-1?Q?Copp=E9?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: diffdays > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hello, > > Can someone help me to write a function that returns the difference > of days between two dates ? > Please don't forget the dateformat can be different from a system to > another (U.S,French,German,...) > > Thank you. > -- > Salutations. > > Yves COPPE > > Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --__--__-- > > Message: 14 > Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 14:27:19 +1000 > Subject: Re: diffdays > From: Sarah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > If you convert both dates to seconds, and divide the difference by 86400 > (the number of seconds in a day), then you will get the number of days > between the dates. When you convert, specify what format you are > starting with e.g. > convert from short system date to seconds > This will allow for localised date formats. > > Cheers, > Sarah > > On Wednesday, July 17, 2002, at 12:42 PM, Yves Copp� wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > Can someone help me to write a function that returns the difference of > > days between two dates ? > > Please don't forget the dateformat can be different from a system to > > another (U.S,French,German,...) > > > > Thank you. > > -- > > Salutations. > > > > Yves COPPE > > > > Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > > use-revolution mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 15 > Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 06:53:33 +0200 > Subject: Re: diffdays > From: Terry Vogelaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Can someone help me to write a function that returns the difference > > of days between two dates ? > > Please don't forget the dateformat can be different from a system to > > another (U.S,French,German,...) > > Hello Yves, > > I don't know if this is the smartest way, but this should do it: > > on mouseUp > put "dinsdag, 9 juli 2002" into DateA > convert DateA from system long date to seconds > put "7/17/02" into DateB > convert DateB from short date to seconds > put DateA - DateB into diff > divide diff by 86400 -- No of seconds in 1 day > if char 1 of diff = "-" then delete char 1 of diff > put diff > end mouseUp > > and the message box shows the date of 10 days ago in French (or Dutch, or > whatever language you are using). As long as RR can understand the date > format provided, and you specify which format it is, there shouldn't be a > problem. The only thing is if the data provided is in languages other then > the system language of the user and English, in other words: on my system, I > can only interpret Dutch or English dates; not Frech or German. Maybe a nice > feature request to add a few more languages than English... > > Terry > > --__--__-- > > Message: 16 > Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 07:38:06 +0200 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: sims <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: diffdays > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > What is the best way if the date is much earlier? > > If I do the following, I get only 730 days: > > on mouseUp > put "7/17/1900" into DateA > convert DateA from system long date to seconds > put "7/17/2002" into DateB > convert DateB from short date to seconds > put DateA - DateB into diff > divide diff by 86400 -- No of seconds in 1 day > if char 1 of diff = "-" then delete char 1 of diff > put diff > end mouseUp > > sims > > > > >on mouseUp > > put "dinsdag, 9 juli 2002" into DateA > > convert DateA from system long date to seconds > > put "7/17/02" into DateB > > convert DateB from short date to seconds > > put DateA - DateB into diff > > divide diff by 86400 -- No of seconds in 1 day > > if char 1 of diff = "-" then delete char 1 of diff > > put diff > >end mouseUp > > --__--__-- > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > > End of use-revolution Digest _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
