musa@cs.arizona.edu (Musa J. Jafar) (10/28/90)
Hello there, I have trouble in opening a file from inside HC. I am new to HC, I tried some thing like this open file "Genes.List" It did not take it: let us say my file is in the floopy drive whos name is Assignements then how to tell HC. to go to the drive Assignements and open the file Genes.List I know it is some where in a Mac/HC book Thanks
kamins@kumr.UUCP (Scot Kamins) (10/29/90)
In article <484@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> musa@cs.arizona.edu (Musa J. Jafar) writes: >floopy drive whos name is Assignements >then how to tell HC. to go to the drive Assignements and open >the file Genes.List This handler should do it: on getGenesList put "Assignements:Genes.List" into myFile open file myFile -- add code here to have your way with myFile close file myFile end getGenesList Hope this helps. -- Scot Kamins Co-author, "HyperTalk 2.0: The Book" (415) 282-8872 (with Dan Winkler) 671 28th Street San Francisco 94131 uunet!hoptoad!kumr!kamins kamins@wet.UUCP
taylorj@yvax.byu.edu (10/30/90)
In <484@caslon.cs.arizona.edu>, musa@cs.arizona.edu (Musa J. Jafar) writes: >Hello there, I have trouble in opening a file from inside HC. >I am new to HC, I tried some thing like this >open file "Genes.List" >It did not take it: let us say my file is in the >floopy drive whos name is Assignements ^^^^^^ >then how to tell HC. to go to the drive Assignements and open >the file Genes.List Well that's your problem. When you're accessing a disk in the floopy drive you have to use the "oopen" command instead of the "open" command :-))). Sorry, couldn't resist! Actually, there is a solution to this: 1) Prefix the filename with the name of the disk. Instead of "Genes.List" use "Assignements:Genes.List". Jim Taylor Microcomputer Support for Curriculum | Brigham Young University | Bitnet: taylorj@byuvax.bitnet 101 HRCB, Provo, UT 84602 | Internet: taylorj@yvax.byu.edu