Perl version: 5.12.3 MSWin32-x86-multi-thread wxWidgets version: 2.8.12 Wx version: 0.99
This setup exists on a WinXP 32 bit machine and on a Win7 64 bit machine. The behavior I described happens on the WinXP 32 bit but not on the Win7 64 bit. A bit more investigation revealed that, if the wildcard is "All files|*", I see that behavior on WinXP. If the wildcard is "All files|*.*", it behaves as I would expect, i.e. the shortcut gets followed. My conclusion is that this is either a documentation shortcoming or an example of me not understanding globbing on Windows machines. Thanks, as always, for your help, Mark. You're a really generous fellow! B On Tuesday, August 28, 2012 09:24:06 PM Mark Dootson wrote: > Hi, > > On 28/08/2012 20:40, Bruce Ravel wrote: > > Suppose that you want to follow a Windows shortcut file that points to > > a folder. Opening that shortcut file with "All files" selected as the > > wildcard will return the .lnk file as a file rather than following it > > into its target folder. > > Not for me. Works correctly on 32bit Windows Vista, wxWidgets 2.8.12 and > 2.9.4. > > What is your > > Windows version and architecture (32/64 bit) > Perl version and architecture (32/64 bit) > wxWidgets version > Wx version > > I'll see if I can replicate. > > Regards > > Mark -- Bruce Ravel ------------------------------------ bra...@bnl.gov National Institute of Standards and Technology Synchrotron Methods Group at NSLS --- Beamlines U7A, X24A, X23A2 Building 535A Upton NY, 11973 Homepage: http://xafs.org/BruceRavel Software: https://github.com/bruceravel
