"/" or "\" - LiveCode is inconsistent

[PoLyGLoT]

Hi all,

I've noticed that if I grab a directory of a file using code like this:

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on dragDrop
repeat for each line theLine in the dragData["files"]
      put URL ("file:" & theLine) into theFilePath
end repeat
end dragDrop

It returns something like this:

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C:\Users\ID\Desktop\Folder Here\File Here

However, if I use this code:

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  set the defaultFolder to specialFolderPath("Desktop")
  put defaultFolder & "\" & "New Folder Here" into NewPathHere

I get something like this:

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C:/Users/ID/Desktop\New Folder Here

This is a problem. It seems like LiveCode is reading natural data paths with a "\" but then if you set a defaultFolder to the desktop, it creates the path with a "/".

Why are the slashes inconsistent? Is this a bug?

[LiveCode_Panos]

Which version of LiveCode are you using?

[PoLyGLoT]

Community Edition 8.0.2 | Build 13025

[PoLyGLoT]

Just curious - is this a bug or just me experiencing this? I could use a workaround to avoid the issue, but if updating will resolve it I might do that, too.

[Klaus]

LC ALWAYS uses the SLASH / as a pathdelimiter internally! (Its root is UNIX! )
Maybe this is just a "glitch" on Windows with dragdata["files"]?

[FourthWorld]

When I get the dragData["files"] in LiveCode 9.0dp9 on Windows 10 I get "/" as the path delimiter. This is consistent with path values I've seen from "ask folder", "ask file", "answer folder", "answer file", and pretty much everything else that handles paths in LC since I started using it in 1997.

Thanks for posting your LC version. It may also be helpful to know which version of Windows you're running.

Version 8.0.2 is several versions old. It may be helpful to try a more recent version to see if the problem is reproducible with the current code base. If it is we'll have to figure out why this is happening on your system but not others.

[LiveCode_Panos]

Ok, yes this is a bug, which is fixed in 8.1.7 rc-1:

https://github.com/livecode/livecode/pull/5772