Another approach that might be better for you.
put "c:/oragamiFolder/" into pathh create folder pathh if there is not a folder pathh then answer "Hmm, " & pathh &" does not exist" end if On 3/17/06 8:02 AM, "Graham Samuel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks to all who replied about this. I think Jacque must have been > right about my somehow delaying looking at 'the result' - it really > happened but now I can't reproduce it. Anyway, Jim Ault's suggestion > >> Try this snippet and see what you get >> >> create folder "cde:/illegal:name/" >> get the result >> if it is not empty then >> beep >> put it >> answer error it -->"can't create that directory" >> end if > > Worked exactly as advertised. So what I described was an unexplained > glitch, possibly something to do with the IDE. The cause of the error > in the first place is something of a mystery to me, and I wondered if > it was something to do with the way the RR engine translates path > strings from Unix-style to Windows-style on the fly. As happens to me > all too often, a search of the documentation didn't reveal anything > about this... > > Richard G asked > >> The hard part is determining exactly what went wrong. When a file or >> folder creation error happens, in most cases all the result says is >> "can't create file" or "can't create folder" with no further >> explanation. How do you advise your users? > Basically, I tell them to pick a folder for themselves rather than > letting the app create one for them, as it's failed to do this. It's > a crude approach and I'm not sure how it's going to play when the > public (UK teachers) gets hold of it. It's about to go on a > controlled beta, so we'll see. > > As to 'try', as suggested by Stephen Barncard apparently is > inappropriate. I've never used 'try', so I might do so in another > context if I can get my head round it (reading about it once wasn't > enough for me to get the idea, but I learn more slowly these days). I > guess it comes from a context I don't know. > > Graham > ---------------------------------------- > Graham Samuel / The Living Fossil Co. / UK and France > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
