evaluated string for filter doesn't work

Sivakatirswami katir at hindu.org
Tue Jul 29 00:31:14 EDT 2008


yep that was it... I was using "the detailed files" and forgot to add 
the * on the end

Andre Garzia wrote:
> Aum Swami,
>
> I use this all the time in our stacks, I use double asterisks like:
>
> put "*.jpg*" into tFilter
> filter tFiles with tFilter
>
> and it works.
>
> Andre
>
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 12:25 AM, Sivakatirswami <katir at hindu.org> wrote:
>   
>> Field "extension" contains ".jpg"
>>
>> script has
>>
>>  put ("*" & fld "extension") into tFilter
>>  filter tFiles with (quote &tFilter & quote)
>>  put tFiles into fld "Listing"
>>
>> result "nada!"
>>
>> Why?
>>
>> filter tFiles with "*.jpg" works
>>
>> and
>>
>> put tFilter
>>
>> returns
>> *.jpg
>>
>> I tried this too:
>>
>>  put (quote & "*" & fld "extension" & quote) into tFilter
>> filter tFiles with tFilter
>>  put tFiles into fld "Listing"
>>
>> still "nada"
>>
>> ??
>>
>>
>>
>>
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