The Files Function borked?

2025-01-14 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Hi all. In the message box I put: put the files of "/Users/bobsneidar/Downloads/“ It returns a short list: Forms.zip temp.db Forms Generator 8.livecode Time Zones File Transfer Error Log.txt iCalendar Sample with Attachment.ics .DS_Store Forms Generator 8 Crash Log.txt Data Import.livecode i

Re: The Files Function borked?

2025-01-14 Thread Ken Ray via use-livecode
Yeah I'm getting the same thing; if you use the "old" way, it works properly: put the directory into tOldDir set the directory to "/Users/bobsneidar/Downloads/" put the files set the directory to tOldDir Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software, Inc. Email: k...@sonsothunder.com Website: https://www.so

Re: The Files Function borked?

2025-01-14 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Interestingly, the function form works as well. Bob S On Jan 14, 2025, at 8:48 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: Thanks for checking. That is a pretty big bug. I will submit a bug report shortly. Bob S On Jan 14, 2025, at 8:39 AM, Ken Ray wrote: You don't often get email from k...@sonsothunder.com.

Re: The Files Function borked?

2025-01-14 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
What would really be handy is a way to get the detailed file information for a single file. There is a use case where there may be many thousands of files in a directory, and enumerating the detailed files then filtering for the one you want seems onerous and probably time consuming. I through

Re: Help with Linux app built with LC on Mac

2025-01-14 Thread Paul - Livecode via use-livecode
Just a quick follow up for anyone following or interested in this issue. Apparently the problem is caused by Parallels on Apple M series devices are running Linux on an ARM platform, so there is no emulator for the x86 commands, it is just a processor compatibility issue. Linux on ARM is a rela