How to manage file name containing a date with /

[André Bisseret]

Thanks Dar for your prompt reply

Le 22 juil. 2013 à 15:16, Dar Scott a écrit :

> André,
> 
> I'm not sure why this will not work to create the file name:
> 
> get "Joe PATIENT - bio checkup - 09" & numToChar(240) & "2013.pdf"
> 
I am doing something similar :
put quote & numToChar(240) into tVar
replace ":" with tVar in tDocName
so that I obtain the same tDocName as those you are suggesting 
then I build the filename of the document (the document is in the same folder as the stack from which I try to launch it)
so I put the fileName of this stack into tPath 
set the itemdel to slash
then I put tDocName into last item of tPath
so that I get something like "C:/Users/aBisseret/…/…/Joe PATIENT - bio checkup - 09"ð2013.pdf
but then
launch document tPath does not work!
> I think I might not be understanding the situation.  Are these all files on a network file server or a portable storage?  They look one way (with colons) on a Mac (with colons) and look another way on Windows (with the dot)?
> 
A folder "Joe PATIENT" is on the disk of the computer. In this folder there is a sub-folder where are a stack say "Consultation Joe PATIENT" and, at the same level, the documents (files) that concerns him (a dozen or so)
On the stack "Consultation Joe PATIENT" there are "buttons" (kind of) , one for each document the name of which being a custom property of the button.
I am trying to launch these document in the script of these buttons.

I hope I am not too obscure 

Thanks again for your kind attention

André

> I also may have made an error in character encoding calculation.  I'll double check that.

I find the same (240)
> 
> Dar
> 
> 
> On Jul 22, 2013, at 6:50 AM, André Bisseret wrote:
> 
>> Bonjour,
>> 
>> Jacque, Dar and Peter, thank you much for your attention to my problem.
>> Since your posts I made a number of trials during the weekend, following your suggestions but with no success.
>> 
>> Reminder : the names of the files I am trying to launch from script have the following format :
>> Joe PATIENT - bio checkup - 09/2013.pdf
>> 
>> On Mac the slash is replace automatically by colon (:) (don't know why!)
>> Anyway, all is working well 
>> I can open a file by double-clicking on it in the folder 
>> And, I can launch it by script (using its filename). No problem.
>> -------
>> On Windows, the : (colon) is replaced with what seems to be a character ( a kind of dot. (or small bullet point?) with a sort of white space before it and a white space after. But, these are not "space" character (one can't delete them; on can only select the all 
>> - Double-clicking on a document opens it (good)
>> 
>> - But to launch a document from a script I need to replace : (colon) with this dot in the filename of the document.
>> I can't!!!
>> - When  I copy this "dot" and paste it in the script editor, it is immediately replaced with "?"
>> and replacing colon by ? does not work
>> -----
>> I tried pasting it in the message box: there, it is immediately replace with "ð :(quote followed by ð
>> trying to replace colon :
>> - I can't use  "ð (I suppose it's because they are 2 characters)
>> - trying only ð does not work
>> 
>> - In the message box of the PC I tried to get the number of this (kind of) dot
>> put CharToNum('') and pasting a copy of the "dot" between the 2 quotes as suggested by Jacque
>> the dot is immediately replaced by "ð
>> and I get the error: error: Script: missing " after literal
>> 
>> the ASCII number of " is 34 and those of ð is 240
>> so I tried put numToChar(34) & numToChar(240) into tVar
>> replace ":" by tVar in tDocName > does not work
>> 
>> I don't know what I could do next?
>> 
>> Dar, there are several thousands files with such names ; I can't imagine the only solution be to change ( manually) all these names!
>> I am using livecode (rev) since 2006; it is the first time I am blocked that much 
>> 
>> Any other idea?
>> 
>> Thanks a lot in advance for any help
>> 
>> Best regards
>> 
>> André
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Le 19 juil. 2013 à 17:24, J. Landman Gay a écrit :
>> 
>>> "André Bisseret" <andre.bisseret at wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>>>> So I tried 
>>>> put quote & numToChar(240) into tVar
>>>> replace ":" with tVar in tDocName  > again no success 
>>>> 
>>>> When I paste the mysterious char directly in the script it is
>>>> immediately replaced by "?" 
>>> 
>>> In the message box,  do this :
>>> 
>>> put charToNum('')  
>>> 
>>> and paste the copied character between the quotes.  That gives you the actual number of the character being used. Then in your script use numToChar(<whatever>) to do the replacements. 
>>> -- 
>>> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
>>> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
>> 
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