I believe that OS X creates a placeholder file while the "real" file is being
copied/worked with. I am not sure what the method would be to determine if the
process has completed yet. I suspect there is some kind of flag on the file
itself, read only or a file type reserved for this sort of thin
On 05.04.11 at 08:49 -0400 Thomas McGrath III apparently wrote:
Ton,
How time sensitive is this? Immediately?
Can you set a flag upon first notice of the folder activity and then
wait an indeterminate period of time to perform your LC action?
Ton,
I wonder whether Finder sets file informa
Ton,
How time sensitive is this? Immediately?
Can you set a flag upon first notice of the folder activity and then wait an
indeterminate period of time to perform your LC action?
-- Tom McGrath III
http://lazyriver.on-rev.com
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On Apr 5, 2011, at 8:41 AM, tkuyp...@telenet.b
There will be a folder published on the network. Any user from any system in
the network is able to drop files into that folder.
The Mac running the app must be able to drop files in that folder as well.
When files are dropped, they will be copied to the source of that published
folder, so there
On Apr 5, 2011, at 2:21 PM, tkuyp...@telenet.be wrote:
> Can't do that, everything needs to be setup and controlled by the LiveCode
> app.
> A folder actions would require a regular user to setup this, and you know how
> clever users are ;-)
If OS X you are talking about, can you write an Appl
Hi Tom,
Can't do that, everything needs to be setup and controlled by the LiveCode app.
A folder actions would require a regular user to setup this, and you know how
clever users are ;-)
Ton
On 5-apr-2011, at 14:14, Thomas McGrath III wrote:
> Have you tried using a folder action to let you
Have you tried using a folder action to let you know when something is added to
the folder?
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On Apr 5, 2011, at 7:36 AM, tkuyp...@telenet.be wrote:
> Hi gang,
>
> I'm stuck, after about 4 hours I have to admit I'm not clever en
Hi gang,
I'm stuck, after about 4 hours I have to admit I'm not clever enough for this...
I'm trying to implement a drop-folder based application.
When a file is found in the folder, I need to open it and check for some data
inside the file.
The actual code to check inside the file takes about
