URL "binfile..." command seems to corrupt my mp3 files (re-creatable)

[Jan Schenkel]

--- Jim Schaubeck <jimschaubeck at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have an interesting situation.  The following
> simple script maintains mp3 file integrity (I can
> play it from both old and new folders)
> 
> put URL "binfile:C:/Documents and Settings/Jim
> Schaubeck/Desktop/test1/testing.mp3" into URL
> "binfile:C:/Documents and Settings/Jim
> Schaubeck/Desktop/test2/testing.mp3" -- plays fine
> but I can not control filename.mp3
> 
> However, the following script will copy the file but
> I can not play the newly created mp3 in folder test2
> (the mp3 file gets corrupted)
> 
> put "testing.mp3" into tempvar
> put URL "binfile:C:/Documents and Settings/Jim
> Schaubeck/Desktop/test1/" & tempvar into URL
> "binfile:C:/Documents and Settings/Jim
> Schaubeck/Desktop/test2/testing.mp3"
> 
> This script moves the file but the mp3 file gets
> corrupted.
> What am I missing?  My end game is to have
> flexibility in changing mp3 file names and
> locations. The 'URL' keyword or 'rename' command
> both look like they can do what I want (almost)
> 
> Jim...
> 

It's a matter of operator priorities and
parenthesizing to get the desired behaviour. What you
wrote is the equivalent of:
##
put "testing.mp3" into tempvar
put (URL "binfile:C:/Documents and Settings/Jim
Schaubeck/Desktop/test1/") & tempvar into URL
"binfile:C:/Documents and Settings/Jim
Schaubeck/Desktop/test2/testing.mp3"
##
And what you want is:
##
put "testing.mp3" into tempvar
put URL ("binfile:C:/Documents and Settings/Jim
Schaubeck/Desktop/test1/" & tempvar) into URL
"binfile:C:/Documents and Settings/Jim
Schaubeck/Desktop/test2/testing.mp3"
##
Computers are very good at doing what we tell them to
do, not what we want them to do :-)

Jan Schenkel.

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