Just to say thanks again for all the responses and insights. This project is destined to become a Revlet. I was thinking that creating some folders in the temporary special folder would be a safe, easy, cross-platform option to manage a 'behind the scenes' zip file download and extraction - to get at the archived xml files. It seems things may not be that simple - as per usual!
So, now that I've got my head around some of the file-based revZip features, I'm going to see if I can keep the zip file download, extraction and XML manipulation in memory. Best, Keith.. On 7 Jun 2011, at 15:37, Keith Clarke wrote: > Great, thanks to all who responded! > > Blindingly obvious once viewed with hindsight - and as Colin rightly > suggests, it seems 'there is' still much I need to learn about the subtleties > of the LiveCode syntax! ;-) > > I went for a matching pair of one-liners, which worked very nicely: > > if there is not a folder "this_folder" then create folder "this_folder" > if there is not a folder "this_folder/that_subfolder" then create folder > "this_folder/that_subfolder" > > Best, > Keith.. > > On 7 Jun 2011, at 15:16, Keith Clarke wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> I've tried to check if a folder 'is empty' or 'is not true' but I'm >> obviously missing the magic word - and I know it's not 'please', as LiveCode >> ignores all my pleading! ;-) >> Why do I get the feeling it's another one of those 'obvious as soon as you >> know it' things(?) >> Best, >> Keith.. > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
