Mike, please remove the // from your code and it should work. And of course make sure that you have write permission to the folder you are writing to.
Regards, Matthias Matthias Rebbe +49 5741 310000 matthiasrebbe.eu <http://matthiasrebbe.eu/> > Am 20.06.2017 um 23:34 schrieb Mike Kerner via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>>: > > I'm trying to use the put url technique to copy files on windows, but I'm > getting "can't open file" > If I do something like > answer line 1 of url ("binfile://"&filename) > I get what I expect, but when I try to > put url ("binfile://"&filename) into url ("binfile://"&toFilename) > I get "can't open file" in the result > > -- > On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth > On the second day, God created the oceans. > On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, > and did a little diving. > And God said, "This is good." > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > <http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode> Matthias Rebbe +49 5741 310000 matthiasrebbe.eu <http://matthiasrebbe.eu/> _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode