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sort lines of field “TheFiles” dateTime ascending by word one of each Paul Looney > On Mar 9, 2018, at 10:31 AM, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > On Mac, on disk, you will finder files in order > > _categories.txt > _date.txt > _title.txt > 01-11-04-09-09_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.jpg > 01-11-04-09-09_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.txt > 02-02-10-02-03_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.jpg > 02-02-10-02-03_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.txt > 03-06-01-10-10_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.jpg > 04-09-09-08-08_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.jpg > 04-09-09-08-08_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.txt > 05-05-02-12-12_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.jpg > 06-12-05-03-02_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.jpg > 06-12-05-03-02_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.txt > 07-07-12-07-07_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.jpg > 07-07-12-07-07_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.txt > 08-10-03-04-04_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.jpg > 08-10-03-04-04_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.txt > 09-08-06-06-06_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.jpg > 09-08-06-06-06_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.txt > 10-03-11-05-05_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.jpg > 10-03-11-05-05_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.txt > 11-01-07-11-11_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.jpg > 11-01-07-11-11_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.txt > 12-04-08-01-01_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.jpg > 12-04-08-01-01_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.txt > gallery-story.txt > > Now when open that for file import, I see in the dialogue (dimmed) > > 04-09-09-08-08_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.jpg > 02-02-10-02-03_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.txt > 11-01-07-11-11_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.jpg > 09-08-06-06-06_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.txt > 01-11-04-09-09_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.jpg > 12-04-08-01-01_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.txt > 11-01-07-11-11_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.txt > 02-02-10-02-03_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.jpg > 04-09-09-08-08_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.txt > 01-11-04-09-09_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.txt > 09-08-06-06-06_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.jpg > 12-04-08-01-01_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.jpg > 10-03-11-05-05_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.txt > .DS_Store > 06-12-05-03-02_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.jpg > 07-07-12-07-07_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.txt > _categories.txt > _title.txt > 08-10-03-04-04_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.txt > _date.txt > gallery-story.txt > 07-07-12-07-07_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.jpg > 10-03-11-05-05_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.jpg > 06-12-05-03-02_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.txt > 03-06-01-10-10_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.jpg > 08-10-03-04-04_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.jpg > 05-05-02-12-12_2018-Noni-Building-Blessing.jpg > > now, put those files into a field, with still get the "amazing" order… > > on mouseup > sort lines fld "theFiles" ascending numeric > end mouseup > > I get the same result? It is in "ascending numeric" does see the files at > all? > > If I sort lines by > > on mouseup > sort lines fld "theFiles" ascending text > end mouseup > > Then they they same as finder. > > > Try again, to sort of line by ascending number file, does not changes files … > do not change from the text sort which remain into the order "ascending text" > > What is going on? It seems that the ascending numeric, just doesn’t see the > files at all? > > BR > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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