Cold Panic

[Stephen Barncard]

>  read from file mfile at 1 until END


shouldn't that be

read from file mfile at 1 until eof


  ?



>This script was working on a PowerPC based G4 laptop. I dropped the 
>laptop whacking the backlight, but that is another story. I was able 
>to import all my programs and data to a brand spanking new Intel 
>Macbook Pro. Now this script is NOT working. THE IT variable does 
>NOT CHANGE when I read from a file! It remains the path to the file 
>I chose in the answer file dialog. Is read from file broken for the 
>Intel machines??
>
>ON mouseUp
>     breakpoint
>     answer file "Select the program file to import:" of type "F+PR"
>     put it into mfile
>     IF mfile is empty THEN exit mouseup
>
>     put slyfilefrompath(mfile) into mshortfile
>     IF char -4 of mshortfile is "." THEN
>         put char 1 to -5 of mshortfile into mmodule
>     END IF
>
>     IF there is a card (mmodule) THEN
>         go card (mmodule)
>     ELSE
>         new card
>         set the name of this card to tolower(mmodule)
>     END IF
>
>     -- here is the important part
>     open file mfile
>     read from file mfile at 1 until END
>     -- at this point it still contains the result of the answer file 
>dialog!!!!! EEEEEEKKKKKK!!!!!!
>     put it into field code
>     -- close file mfile
>     set the text of field "lblcode" to "Code: " & slyfilefrompath(mfile)
>END mouseUp
>
>I was able to get the URL functionality working. I used:
>
>put "file:" & mfile into mfilepath
>put url mfilepath into field code
>
>But other programs I use depend on reading from a low level file.
>
>Bob Sneidar
>IT Manager
>Logos Management
>Calvary Chapel CM
>

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stephen barncard
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