Is it possible to get files from a network folder instead, using getDir?
right now I’ve got this:
image = (getFiles (getDir #maxRoot + \images\*.bmp”))
which works for my local drive. But I want it to look in a specific folder on the network.
\servername\projectfolder\user\
I’m new at this so I’m not sure how to go about this?
GetDir <filetype_name>
Returns as a string the directory specified in the Customize > Configure Paths dialog for the specified file type.
You shouldn’t need getdir to point to a directory, since it is only provided for easy access to max directories. Just go straight to the path, ex:
image = (getFiles ( “\\servername\projectfolder\user\images\*.bmp”))
-Eric
excellent, PiXeL_MoNKeY, many thanks. I totally forgot about the \\ to.
-cheers
In strings every \ becomes \ so \ becomes \\. I once had to have \\\\ for \, still not sure why I did, but that made it work.
-Eric
image = (getFiles ( "//servername/projectfolder/user/images/*.bmp"))
I find forward slashes works better, because when I switch programming langauges I don’t have to worry how that langauge handles string escapes.