FolderItem.ResourceForkLength removed too soon?

Arnaud_N · January 11, 2020, 10:04am

Hello,

A lot of my apps need rewriting because folderitem.ResourceForkLength doesn’t compile anymore. ResourceForkLength has been removed (long ago) from Xojo, but it’s still fairly possible to have files with resource forks (e.g. ones coming from earlier systems).
This makes dealing with whole files more complex; wondering whether ResourceForkLength has been removed too early

Christian_Schmitz · January 11, 2020, 10:28am

Do you use MBS Xojo Plugins?

folderitem.LogicalFileResLengthMBS may help.

Arnaud_N · January 11, 2020, 10:38am

Indeed. Don’t you remember me? ?

Thank you. I’ve already found this but wasn’t sure it was the same (especially the logical vs physical versions).
Still wondering why Xojo sometimes removes things that are still working on the OS

Christian_Schmitz · January 11, 2020, 10:51am

Physical is in bytes for the blocks, logical in exact bytes.

Arnaud_N · January 11, 2020, 10:53am

Thanks.
Yes, I’m aware of this. What I wasn’t aware is whether ResourceForkLength returned the physical or logical version (though it’s logical that it’s logical ?).