Bob Sneidar wrote:
> I have 2 variables:
>
> theSourceFile which is binfile:/Users/bobsneidar/Documents/Livecode
> Projects/Forms Generator/Installs/1105 Media Inc/Chatsworth/20140805
>-Service Invoice.pdf
> TheDestFile which is binfile:/Users/bobsneidar/Desktop/Install
> Forms/1105 Media Inc/Chatsworth/20140805-Service Invoice.pdf
>
> I issue the command: put URL theSource into URL theDestination.
> Nothing happens. No file gets copied. Is URL bin file deprecated??
>
> I then, thinking I misunderstood the put URL command, opened
> theSourceFile (after removing the binfile: part) for binary read.
> I then read the data until eof (the it variable shows binary data).
> I then opened theDestFile for write (also after removing the binfile:
> part) and wrote it then closed the file. STILL there is nothing!
>
> I’ve run into this before. I changed permissions to everyone write,
> still nothing. What am I doing wrong? Here is the code:
>
> open file theSourceFile for binary read
> read from file theSourceFile until eof
> close file theSourceFile
> put it into theSourceData
>
> open file theDestFile for binary write
> write theSourceData to file theDestFile
> close file theDestFile
You're not using the URL syntax, but both the URL method and
open/write/close should work, with both text and binary modes.
To diagnose problems with file access (and many other circumstances
where error-checking is useful), check the result after attempting the
action. With file access it can be very help to include a call to
sysError there, so you can see what the OS is complaining about, .e.g:
open file theDestFile for binary write
if the result is not empty then
answer the result &"("& sysError() &")"
end if
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Richard Gaskin
Fourth World Systems
Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
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