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wallgod

This does not work on 7.

wallgod

Thank you!

wallgod

Hi. How can I tell if a given specification (string) is a file or a folder?

wallgod

blueznl wrote:I married a chinese, dunno' if that counts

blueznl, you must be a hacker!

wallgod

Alright then! How about something like this (for Windows only)?

Procedure MoveFile(file1.s, file2.s)
If Left(file1, FindString(file1, "\", 3)) = Left(file2, FindString(file2, "\", 3))
ProcedureReturn RenameFile(file1, file2)
EndIf
If Not CopyFile(file1, file2)
ProcedureReturn 0
EndIf ...

wallgod

Oh whoops! That did it. Thank you.

wallgod

PB wrote:> What makes you think they were Chinese people?

The word "China" that was next to "Location" in their profile.

Yep, that would make sense then.

wallgod

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Procedure.i MoveFile(file1.s, file2.s)
    If Not CopyFile(file1, file2)
        ProcedureReturn 0
    EndIf
    ProcedureReturn DeleteFile(file1)
EndProcedure

Debug MoveFile("c:\users\name\desktop\1.txt", "d:\backup\1.txt")

wallgod

How do I copy a file's timestamp (created, accessed, modified) from one file to another?
Here's what I tried, but it doesn't work:

Procedure CopyFileStamp(file1.s, file2.s)
Protected created=GetFileDate(file1, #PB_Date_Created)
Protected accessed=GetFileDate(file1, #PB_Date_Accessed)
Protected ...

wallgod

I'll try to refrain from asking questions that might get people suspicious (if i realize it might come across that way).
Please don't be afraid of asking any questions.
Why some people get suspicious is because we had a problem with some Chinese people (I think) in this forum asking help on how to ...

wallgod

When I click the dropdown arrow on the top right, it crashes.]
I can't reproduce this, sorry.
Does it happen all the time ?
Yes, I tried it 3 different times, same result:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: jaPBe.exe
Application Version: 3.10.9.849
Application ...

wallgod

I promise I'm not making any sort of malware. That kind of activity is reserved for the scum of the earth. I've been on the receiving end of viruses that destroyed all the data on my backup external drive, so I would never even think about doing anything like that.

I don't mean to leave a bad ...

wallgod

wallgod

It's something like this, but called repeatedly on the same file to replace different pieces.

#REPLACEONE = 1
#SHOWRESULTS = 2

Procedure.i FileHexReplace(File$, DataToFind$, DataToReplace$, Flags=0, StartPosition=1, BufferLen=4096, *Count=0)
Protected _ltf.i = Len(DataToFind$), _ltr.i=Len ...

wallgod

I've noticed that sometimes (approximately 4% of the time), when I run a PB app that deals with writing to a file and closing it, Windows will take extra time to release the file handle even though it's technically closed, which causes an access violation if I attempt to immediately access the same ...

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