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Rook's solution is far too slow for large directories, slow devices (DVD drives) and low-bandwidth network shares; because it basically does a whole directory scan for each extension required. You should only do one single directory scan, and check the extension for each file found during the scan ...

I edited my post because it was a bit rude. Sorry!

nco2k wrote:when writing a userlib, is there a trick how to check if InitSprite() / InitSprite3D() has been already called?

Why not save yourself the hassle and just say in your manual that those commands must be called before using the commands in your lib? Why reinvent the wheel?

You said "let's replace Blubb with something else", so I did. Now I see you MEANT to say "let's replace Blubb() with something else". I just work with what's given...

Vera, you do know a directory is a folder, right? So do I really need to point it out in the manual?

Let's try to get an example where you can't use Search & Replace:
Procedure Blubb()
; ...
EndProcedure

Procedure BlubbEx()
; ...
EndProcedure

Procedure ExBlubb()
; ...
EndProcedure

Global Blubb.i

; ABC Blubb ExBlubbEx Blubb()

Debug "Blubb"
Debug "BlubbEx"
Debug "ExBlubb"

Debug "Blubb ...

DarkDragon wrote:Search/Replace for Blubb would also replace Blubb in BlubbEx

Searching for "whole words only" solves that problem. Or, even simpler, just add the opening bracket to the procedure name when searching.

Appending, prepending and renaming is just a search/replace in the source, no? In any event, I've already been working on a source code cleaner that does a little of what you want. No timeframe yet. It came about for the same reason as yourself: my source (which is now 570 KB) is looking messy and I ...

All WinZip does is throw up an error and then show me an empty archive ("Total 0 files, 0 bytes"). Anyway, I get where you're coming from.

What could be a viable solution for the affected?
In all seriousness and with no malice or sarcasm intended: nothing. The GIGO acronym is all that matters here, because the manual is clear enough: a file must be specified. A file with a wildcard is not a file. If it is, please zip me a file with ...

jassing wrote:FileSize() can't be used for folders either

The manual clearly states that FileSize() can be used with files and folders. It is YOU who is not using the command correctly, as has been pointed out with the GIGO principle. Please stop spreading false statements.

Hi, jAssing. If I may:

when I issue debug "checkfilename("C:\temp\snap6.jpg") it returns 0
The manual for CheckFilename() says: The 'Filename$' must not include its path.

The docs says to use it to check for the existence of a file... a file
Filenames do not have wildcards in them. Use a ...

jassing wrote:how can that have been screwed up?

When an illegal memory access error occurs, it's not always necessarily directly related to the highlighted line (it can be an on-flow error). So make sure everything else in your code prior to that line is 100% perfect, just to be sure.

dige wrote:How to check if a font really exists?

http://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtopic.php?p=233557

Here's a way to print three variables at a time, but not on the same line. It's handy so you don't have to type Str() all the time.