Re: [fpc-pascal] Warning: Symbol "faHidden" is not portable

2019-07-20 Thread geneb
On Sat, 20 Jul 2019, wkitt...@windstream.net wrote: On 7/19/19 1:58 PM, geneb wrote: On Fri, 19 Jul 2019, James Richters wrote: what OS? some OSes do not have hidden attribute like DOS and winwhatever... for example, on most *nix, they use dot files which are Both MS-DOS and Windows have

Re: [fpc-pascal] Warning: Symbol "faHidden" is not portable

2019-07-20 Thread James Richters
I appreciate the explanation it makes sense to me now. James -Original Message- From: fpc-pascal On Behalf Of Giuliano Colla Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2019 2:46 PM To: fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org Subject: Re: [fpc-pascal] Warning: Symbol "faHidden" is not portable Il 19/

Re: [fpc-pascal] Warning: Symbol "faHidden" is not portable

2019-07-20 Thread Giuliano Colla
Il 19/07/2019 19:32, James Richters ha scritto: I'm using Windows 10, but I may in the future want to make a Linux version of my program. I guess that's what the warning is about.. that fAHidden won't detect hidden files on some operating systems? More exactly it means that fAHidden won't d

Re: [fpc-pascal] Warning: Symbol "faHidden" is not portable

2019-07-20 Thread wkitty42
On 7/19/19 1:58 PM, geneb wrote: On Fri, 19 Jul 2019, James Richters wrote: what OS? some OSes do not have hidden attribute like DOS and winwhatever... for example, on most *nix, they use dot files which are Both MS-DOS and Windows have hidden file attribute bits. right... i was specifical

Re: [fpc-pascal] Warning: Symbol "faHidden" is not portable

2019-07-19 Thread Sven Barth via fpc-pascal
James Richters schrieb am Fr., 19. Juli 2019, 19:32: > I'm using Windows 10, but I may in the future want to make a Linux version > of my program. I guess that's what the warning is about.. that fAHidden > won't detect hidden files on some operating systems? > Correct. Regards, Sven > ___

Re: [fpc-pascal] Warning: Symbol "faHidden" is not portable

2019-07-19 Thread geneb
On Fri, 19 Jul 2019, James Richters wrote: what OS? some OSes do not have hidden attribute like DOS and winwhatever... for example, on most *nix, they use dot files which are Both MS-DOS and Windows have hidden file attribute bits. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - T

Re: [fpc-pascal] Warning: Symbol "faHidden" is not portable

2019-07-19 Thread James Richters
stream.net Sent: Friday, July 19, 2019 11:20 AM To: fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org Subject: Re: [fpc-pascal] Warning: Symbol "faHidden" is not portable On 7/19/19 7:45 AM, James Richters wrote: > What does 'Warning: Symbol "faHidden" is not portable' mean exact

Re: [fpc-pascal] Warning: Symbol "faHidden" is not portable

2019-07-19 Thread wkitty42
On 7/19/19 7:45 AM, James Richters wrote: What does 'Warning: Symbol "faHidden" is not portable' mean exactly? I’m using it with FindFirst and FindNext, I'm just wondering if there is a better way of getting directory information that includes hidden and excludes hidden files in a better way t

[fpc-pascal] Warning: Symbol "faHidden" is not portable

2019-07-19 Thread James Richters
What does 'Warning: Symbol "faHidden" is not portable' mean exactly? I’m using it with FindFirst and FindNext, I'm just wondering if there is a better way of getting directory information that includes hidden and excludes hidden files in a better way that would not generate this warning. The