Problem with folderitem.parent

Targets macOS
1

Hello,
LR of both Xojo19r1.1 and 19.r2, for folderitem > Parent say that if the parent is the root, then the parent is nil.

Untill Xojo2019r1.1, if the folderitem to be parsed was a volume (disk, flashdrive etc.) I could detect it with
if f.parent = nil then
//it is a volume, disk, flashdrive etc.
end if

Now, opening the same old project with Xojo2019r2, parsing a volume (disk or flashdrive) f.parent is NOT nil, and the owner of f.parent is “root”.

In order to keep the same project working in both releases, at present I use this code:
if f.Parent = nil or f.Parent.Owner = “root” then
//it is a disk or a flashdrive etc.
end if

Is there a better way to solve the issue in pure Xojo or through declares?

Suggestions welcome. Thanks.

2

Thanks for the hint.

3

You are welcome.

Yet I’d like to know, (by Xojo) if this is the expected behavior or not, and if necessary to modify the docs of r2.

Edited:
meanwhile I changed the approach:

if f.isDisk then
//do something
else
//do something else
end if

Public Function isDisk(extends f as FolderItem) as Boolean #if XojoVersion >= 2019.02 Return f.Parent.Parent.Parent = nil #else Return f.Parent = nil #EndIf End Function