using // in strings

[poeijer]

when i have a string in a textbox starting with //
and i put this txtbox.value to my listbox
it only takes one / instead of 2 /'s

i know that sometimes // expects another value and if not
found it wil correct himself orso, but how can i
get it to work??

any ideas?

thanks

 

[Mike Gagnon]

poeijer

Is this a date value? Mike Gagnon

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[poeijer]

hi,

no . a network path name.

 

[Mike Gagnon]

poeijer

Do you "pre-write" to slashes?
As in this example:

PUBLIC oform1
oform1=NEWOBJECT("form1")
oform1.Show
RETURN
DEFINE CLASS form1 AS form
	DoCreate = .T.
	Caption = "Form1"
	Name = "Form1"
	ADD OBJECT text1 AS textbox WITH ;
		Height = 23, ;
		Left = 108, ;
		Top = 60, ;
		Width = 216, ;
		Name = "Text1"
	ADD OBJECT command1 AS commandbutton WITH ;
		AutoSize = .T., ;
		Top = 168, ;
		Left = 168, ;
		Height = 27, ;
		Width = 91, ;
		Caption = "Textbox value", ;
		Name = "Command1"
	PROCEDURE Init
		this.text1.Value = "\\"
		this.text1.SelStart=3
	ENDPROC
	PROCEDURE command1.Click
		MESSAGEBOX(thisform.text1.value)
	ENDPROC
ENDDEFINE

Mike Gagnon

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[poeijer]

No,

because it can be a normal pathname e.g.:

c:\My documents\test.doc

or

\\fileserver\c\documents\test.doc

in the first case it puts the entire path in the listbox
in the 2nd case it puts \fileserver\c\documents\test.doc in the listbox

 

[Mike Gagnon]

I believe this is a bug, I would just add the extra "/", unfortunately it may difficult to determine when to add it, but if you store the path to a variable first, it retains the full path and you could do a check on the second character and if in the variable its a "/", then add it to the value sent to the list box. Mike Gagnon

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[poeijer]

Yes,

that is my current solution..

2 bad it isnt fixed yet

thanks anyway!.

 

[Mike Gagnon]

poeijer

BTW as a last word of warning, putting a "\" at the beginning of a line in a combobox and a listbox, normally disables the item. Mike Gagnon

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