Filepro-list Digest, Vol 71, Issue 2

[John Esak]

Thanks ... And they are welcome to anything I ever write here or anywhere.

But, I would just add that it is Ken "and Ron" who keep things going so
well.... 

John

P.S. - Some others as well of course... But these two are the programming
brains.
 

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+john=valar.com at lists.celestial.co
m] On Behalf Of Boaz Bezborodko
> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 12:20 PM
> To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: Re: Filepro-list Digest, Vol 71, Issue 2
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 08:06:23 -0500
> > From: "John Esak" <john at valar.com>
> > Subject: Cheat sheet for opendir()
> > To: <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
> > Message-ID: <200912011305.nB1D5ILD063840 at admin114.securesites.net>
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> >   
> >> He has this line of code that gave me the answer:
> >>     
> >>> ::handle_for_opendir=opendir("*.csv",foldername):
> >>>       
> >> A little bit better explanation of on this command in the 
> >> documentation 
> >> would help avoid this problem for people in the future.
> >>
> >> Boaz
> >>     
> >
> >
> > Oh my God. I wondered how in the world you could be 
> confused about such a
> > simple function, so I looked at the doc you get from within 
> *cabe.  It is
> > beyond horrible.
> >
> > Let me clarify a couple other things. Consider this a hints 
> list, not a
> > thorough doc by any means... But at least what should have 
> been there for
> > you in the real doc.  If you want a really, complete, 
> thorough step-by-step
> > manual about opendir() or *any* filePro function.... Then 
> check by keyword
> > in the Survivor Series CD's and you will be brought 
> directly to one or more
> > movies that will immediately play in Windows Media Player.  There is
> > absolutely no need to ever struggle about anything filePro 
> with this set of
> > hundreds and hundreds of movies... Indexed with thousands 
> and thousands of
> > keywords at your fingertips. Okay, ad over,  good hints 
> start here...
> >   
> >
> As usual, John, you hit the nail on the head and supply tons 
> of useful 
> information.
> 
> I did not go to the Survivor Series simply because I hadn't 
> thought of 
> them as a resource and, in any case, I don't have them at 
> home which is 
> where I was working that night.  I'll have to look into 
> setting them up 
> on my server as an available resource.
> 
> Still, I would've expected most of this information in the 
> documentation.  I was able to glean the information on the 
> @DIRLIST from 
> having remembered someone mention something a few months ago about 
> OPENDIR using an array and eventually pulled the information together 
> from elsewhere, I still wouldn't have known everything that 
> was in your 
> post.
> 
> If someone at FP is paying attention they would save a lot of trouble 
> simply cutting and pasting that post and putting it in the docs under 
> the OPENDIR heading together with a link to this from all the other 
> applicable commands including CHDIR.
> 
> I'm still amazed at how well Ken has been able to keep FilePro so 
> relevant and capable to this day.  Aside from the sexiness or real 
> estate that a windows-based system would provide the only other thing 
> lacking to keep FP relevant is a way to integrate it with a web page 
> that is just as easy as the rest of the application development.
> 
> Boaz
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