I’ve wrote a short script the creates a folder structure, my question is, is it possible have a max script open a windows folder to show the user the folders have been sucessfully created?
Thanks
use:
shellLaunch “c:\”
hOpe this helps,
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Thanks very much!
I did find that i needed to use:
shellLaunch “c:\” “”
for it to work.
thanks again for the speedy reply
There are a few ways you can determine if a directory was made or exists without requiring user intervention.
MakeDir() returns true if the directory was successfully created or false if the creation failed for any reason. It’s always a good idea to check the return value of MakeDir so you don’t try performing file I/O in a nonexistent folder
if MakeDir "c:/foo" == true then
(
-- do other file I/O stuff
)
else
(
-- better tell the user something bad happened.
)
You can use getDirectories() to get an array of directories that match the wildcard directory name given. Searching against that array for a specific name will tell you whether or not the directory exists
bDirectoryFound = false
DirectoryArray = getDirectories "c:\\*"
for DirName in DirectoryArray do
(-- if DirName == "c:\\foo" then bDirectoryFound = true)
if bDirectoryFound then
(
-- do file I/O stuff)else
(
-- No directory. Better not do file I/O.
)
You can even use getFiles() to determine if a directory exists. This method is only valid if there are files in the directory you are looking for, though. GetFiles() returns an array, so if that array’s .count property is > 0 then there are files in the folder, thus the folder exists.
if (getFiles "c:\\foo\\*.*").count > 0 then
(
-- do file I/O stuff
)
else
(
-- no directory, don't try to do file I/O
)