I agree. This would be very nice.
Raymond
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>From: Ruediger zu Dohna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "xtalk-metacard.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: xTalk: More file properties
>Date: Mon, Dec 13, 1999, 5:59 AM
>
> Greetings!
>
> Access to the file modification date, the size, etc. is up to now only
> possible by using externals of some form. This information is a simple
> OS call each. If files where managed like objects, wouldn't it be easy
> to add properties like:
>
> put "C:/TEMP/xxx.txt" into f
> get the size of file f
> set the modificationDate of file f to x -- the date format is another issue
> ...
>
>
> I'd say many people need this at some point.
>
> Regards
> R�diger
>
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