why can't I create a folder with a variable?

[Eric Chatonet]

Hi Tiemo,

When creating a folder "C:/Temp/foo", it assumes that the folder  
named Temp does exists yet or nothing will happen:

on mouseUp
   local tFolder ,tResult
   -----
   put "C:/Temp/foo" into tFolder
   put CreateFolder(tFolder) into tResult --
   -----
   switch tResult
   case empty -- all went well
     break
   case "can't create that directory" -- error
     -- statements
     break
   case "Folder exists yet." -- just FYI
     -- statements
   end switch
end mouseUp
-------------------------------------------
function CreateFolder pFolderPath
   if there is no folder pFolderPath then
     set the itemDelimiter to slash
     repeat with i = 2 to the number of items of pFolderPath
       if there is no folder (item 1 to i of pFolderPath) then
         create folder (item 1 to i of pFolderPath)
         if the result <> empty then return the result
       end if
     end repeat
     return empty
   else return "Folder exists yet."
end CreateFolder

Hope this helps.
Note that error handling is always important in any code snippet :-)

Le 21 août 07 à 09:32, Tiemo Hollmann TB a écrit :

> Hello,
>
> when saying:
> create folder "C:/Temp/foo" -- it works like expected
>
> when saying:
> put  "C:/Temp/foo" into myFolder
> create folder myFolder -- nothing happens
>
> I even tried it with:
>
> put  "C:/Temp/foo" into myFolder
> create folder merge(quote & myFolder & quote) -- nothing happens
> any idea, what I a missing is appreciated

Best regards from Paris,
Eric Chatonet.
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