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Alex_CTZ

Thanks so much all!, I am really happy I chose Livecode to start out with as the help community is the best

Thanks again

-Alex

Alex_CTZ

Hi Alex,

If you change your title into some descriptive text, you'll get more help.

You need to delete the files in the folder before you can delete the folder.

Use a different file extension or use different syntax:

launch documentPath with applicationPath
Kind regards,

Mark

Is there a ...

Alex_CTZ

How can i delete a folder with item in it.

I know about the
delete folder "C:/pathHere"

but that only seems to work when it is empty.

Also,

For some reason open file and launch file
wont open a .log file

how can I make it so when a user presses a button it opens a file?

-Thanks

Alex_CTZ

Simon wrote:Well did the code I wrote work?

Simon
Oh I see I left a trailing ")"... remove that.

It does altohugh its not for html its for a .exe file

-Thanks

Alex_CTZ

create folder "C:/Program Files/GNTool"
set the defaultFolder to "C:/Program Files/GNTool"
put url "http://www.blabla.com/index.html" into url "file:index.html")

Is that what you are trying to do?

Simon
Im trying to make it so when a user clicks the button it downloads a file and saves it in "C ...

Alex_CTZ

Sorry to bug but any help?

Alex_CTZ

on mouseUp
create folder "C:\Program Files\GNTool"
get url "DOWNLOADLINK"
open file "C:\Program Files\GNTool" for write
write to file
end mouseUp
I dont understand how to layout the save after "write to file" I want the path to be "C:\Programfiles\GNTool" and I want to save the file as ...

Alex_CTZ

Sorry not what I was looking for, can any 1 help?

Alex_CTZ

atout66 wrote:May be you could find the answer in this lesson:
http://lessons.runrev.com/s/lessons/m/4 ... put-output

Sorry, I can't help you farther, I'm a beginner too

Kind regards, Jean-Paul.

Cheers Ill check it out

Alex_CTZ

Hey guys,
I am trying to get it so when the user clicks button it downloads a certain file into a path such as "C:\Program Files\Server"

Ive tried using the "get" method but I don't know how to chose where to save the file. PLEASE HELP!

Alex_CTZ

Ahhh I love you! haha.

I did this:
on mouseUp
global serverLocation
answer file "What is the server path?"
put it into serverLocation
end mouseUp

and button 2
on mouseUp
global serverLocation
put serverLocation into variableserver
put "start " & variableserver into myShell
replace ...

Alex_CTZ

I realized the local was unnecessary, but it still says it cant find the serverLocation container variable.

is there something wrong here:
on mouseUp
local server
answer file "What is the server path?"
put it into serverLocation
end mouseUp

The variable serverLocation will not persist ...

Alex_CTZ

Simon wrote:I don't see
"local server"
being used at all?

SImon

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on mouseUp
   answer file "What is the server path?"
   put it into serverLocation
end mouseUp

Is there something that is not letting the start button access the serverLocation container

Alex_CTZ

on mouseUp
put serverLocation into variableserver
put "start " & variableserver into myShell
replace "'" with quote in myShell
get shell(myShell)
end mouseUp

I realized the local was unnecessary, but it still says it cant find the serverLocation container variable.

is there something wrong ...

Alex_CTZ

The reason i didnt use launch url was because I want to give this to my friends, but I couldnt find out how to make a certain user a variable to find the file automatically, so my second thought was for them to define a location, save it in a container and put it as a variable in the shell ...

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