Custom Desktop Folders

[Mike Bonner]

S attribute marks a system file.  Most likely, the A was already set.  It
sounds like its not taking multiple attribs at once. You might try attrib
+h +s for the ini file, and then (if 8 is the same) +r for the folder after
all is said and done.

If you can't get +s and +h to both set in one command, you could do 2 shell
calls.  I think I read (probably in this thread) that xp requires one of
them to be set (H or S) and everything else takes the other. But it
shouldn't hurt to set both on all operating systems.

If you set the defaultfolder to the inside of the folder you're working
with, you can then just do: get shell("attrib +h +s desktop.ini" without
messing with the path. Then, to set the folder to read only you can do get
shell("attrib +r ." <-- notice the dot to designate the current folder.
>From my tests you MUST set the folder to read only to get it to work.

I have a working stack here, let me clean it up a little and I'll link to
it.

Ok, here it is.  I have an icon saved to a property, all it does is create
the folder, pop the icon in, create the desktop.ini, and set attributes. I
had to put a 50 millisec delay in front of the shell call to attrib to get
it to work.  I suspect that is part of the problem you've been having
getting them to set.  The filesystem/os stuff isn't quite done yet when you
true.  Also, I did the setting with 1 shell call, +h +s works.  +sh is an
invalid option, so you have to break out each one.  I think I knew that at
one time, now I know it again!

Herea a link to the file:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11957935/seticon.livecode

On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 3:50 PM, Ray <ray at linkit.com> wrote:

> This is really interesting.  I'm now using the following:
>          get shell("attrib +HSA "&desktopIniPath&"")
>          get shell("attrib +h "&desktopIniPath&"")
>          get shell("attrib +r "&desktopIniPath&"")
>
> and having some success.  When I check the Dsktop.ini file's attributes I
> now see them set to "HA".  This is progress but I'm still missing the "S"
> in the HSA and not seeing the icon as a result.
>
> Any ideas on what that S means and how to set it?  I'm using Window 8.1.
>
>
> On 4/16/2015 11:43 AM, Mike Bonner wrote:
>
>> Looks like setting the folder to read only does NOT make it impossible to
>> write into the folder. If you use the properties dialog, that is not the
>> case, so using attrib is the way.
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 9:41 AM, Mike Bonner <bonnmike at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>  h is the hidden attribute. so +h should hide it.  Weird.  Going to try it
>>> real quick (win 7)..
>>>
>>> Ok. I got the attribs to set by doing them one at a time.  Not sure why 2
>>> at once doesn't work.
>>>
>>> I also read that the folder must be set to read only.
>>>
>>> SO I did attrib +r to the folder and poof. Icon.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 3:20 PM, Ray <ray at linkit.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>  Mike - I've eliminated all spaces in the path but thanks, that's always
>>>> a
>>>> good thing to check.
>>>>
>>>> At this point nothing I do flips the Attributes from "A" to "HSA". I've
>>>> changed the minus to a plus sign and tried Klaus' concatenation syntax
>>>> but
>>>> still no change in the Attributes.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe I should also be changing the visibility of the file first. When I
>>>> set the folder icon manually the system does that.  Do you know of a
>>>> way to
>>>> change visibility via the shell function?
>>>>
>>>> On 4/16/2015 11:05 AM, Mike Bonner wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  oh yep, and as klaus says, if theres a space somewhere in the path,
>>>>> you'll
>>>>> need to force quotes around it, or use shortfilepath() to obviate the
>>>>> need.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 9:03 AM, Klaus major-k <klaus at major-k.de>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>   Hi Ray,
>>>>>
>>>>>> did you try with QUOTES?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   Am 16.04.2015 um 23:00 schrieb Ray <ray at linkit.com>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Klaus - thanks for the idea.  Just to check my method of
>>>>>>> concatenation,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  the exact command I'm using is:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>         get shell("attrib -HSA "&desktopIniPath&"")   -- where
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  desktopIniPath is the path to the file
>>>>>>
>>>>>> get shell("attrib -HSA "& QUOTE & desktopIniPath & QUOTE)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   It doesn't work and I see no change in the file's Attributes, Type
>>>>>> or
>>>>>> Size.  Livecode returns nothing in the result.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  ...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  Best
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Klaus
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Klaus Major
>>>>>> http://www.major-k.de
>>>>>> klaus at major-k.de
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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