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smartmedia · NeoBooker Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Posts: 853 Location: Hellas

Hi..

I notice that in FolderBox command when you choose a folder is not adding at the end, the \ symbol when select a folder other than root. There is any specific reason or is a bug...???

For example if i choose My Documents folder i get:
C:\Documents and Settings\smartmedia\My Documents

If i choose C: i get:
C:\

So the difference is obvious. The \ is missing from My documents.

Can you fix that please...
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smartmedia · NeoBooker Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Posts: 853 Location: Hellas

Hi..

Searching the forum i did find the same topic made by me. Also find the responses for Sam And Carlos.

http://www.neosoftware.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15093

I did solve it but i think that must be corrected in a future update.
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Gaev · Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 7:32 am Post subject:

smartmedia:

smartmedia · NeoBooker Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Posts: 853 Location: Hellas

Hi..

Gaev,

If the path is C:\Documents and Settings\smartmedia\My Documents\\ is working with no problem, so there isn't any issues if Dave will fix it and add \ at the end. Any way i follow up Sam proposal and replace it.

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Gaev · Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 11:37 am Post subject:

smartmedia:

smartmedia · NeoBooker Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Posts: 853 Location: Hellas

Hi..

Gaev,

I don't say that this will work with all users, Obviously is not working with you. All i am saying is, when you take the all path, the \ defines the folder. Right..???
So what is more accurate...???
To have this:
C:\Documents and Settings\smartmedia\My Documents
or this:
C:\Documents and Settings\smartmedia\My Documents\

I don't know if i am wrong in that, is just better to me to take the path with \.

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Gaev · Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:10 pm Post subject:

smartmedia:

You are completely missing the point ... which is that once something is being deployed for a while, you just can't change it because you think it is "better" ... unless you can guarantee that ALL existing NeoBook Applications (that were built to work around this initial anomaly) will continue to work ... it is irresponsible to be suggesting that Dave (or any other platform provider) make changes to suit you.

I recently experienced a situation (on another platform) where an edit/save of a code section caused over a dozen instances of another command (which was not being edited by me) to be modified (and started behaving differently) ... this Application was running just fine for over six months ... but this thoughtless action by the platform supplier caused considerable damage/recovery for the client and me.
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Neosoft Support · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:24 am Post subject:

I think Gaev makes a very good point.

Also, if we made this change and you needed to pass a folder name to an action or plug-in, you would then have to remove the backslash.
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smartmedia · NeoBooker Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Posts: 853 Location: Hellas

Hi..

Any idea how this "Anomaly" will work right if the user selects a folder on a network...???

Later:

Well i have used

Ndzn · NeoBooker Joined: 20 Sep 2009 Posts: 48

This was never an "Anomaly". Someone should correct me if I'm wrong but, as far as I've ever known, that's the way Folder selection dialogs work, (in any lang). It would be annoying if they appended a trailing backslash.

When you read the registry for a path you get the same result; folder name with no trailing backslash. One only has to code knowing this.
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