Desktop Create Folder

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Hi all,

I would like to create folder in Windows at runtime:

  dim f as new FolderItem
 
  rs = app.AccountDB.GetRecord("System", 1)
  
  app.RootTempFolder = rs.Field("TempPath").StringValue
  f.name = app.RootTempFolder
  f.CreateAsFolder

If the folder already exists, the program continues as I did not track any “folder exists error”. However, if the folder doesn’t exist, it creates the folder successful but followed by a crash in xojo. Xojo.exe stopped. Is this a bug or something?

P.S. I am using Xojo 2016r3

Thanks

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What is the value of app.rootTempFolder ?

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f = SpecialFolder(“Desktop”).Child(rs.Field(“TempPath”).StringValue).CreateAsFolder

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The only reason why that would happen I can see is that you may have used illegal characters.

But, inferring from the variable name, why do you create a temporary folder on the desktop ? Can’t you use GetTemporaryFolderItem instead ?

You will be sure that the name is legal, and unique.

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The value is stored in database, in which I put “c:\xojo_temp”. I don’t think is illegal character or database problem since I hard coded the value cause the same problem.

I need a temp folder to hold temp files which are stored in blob, temporarily save them in temp folders and open them.

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Use GetTemporaryFolderItem. It is the recommended way.

http://documentation.xojo.com/index.php/GetTemporaryFolderItem

Then you don’t have to worry about name or location.

7

Please split that code in several lines.

SpecialFolder.desktop sounds more right.
Child may return nil as may the Field function.
And CreateAsFolder should create a folder. If folder exists, there is no error as that’s also a success.

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Thanks all but still does not work… not even as simple as:

dim f as new FolderItem

f.name = “c:\xojo_text”
f.CreateAsFolder

Can anyone be kind enough to share some working codes?

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Further information, the code above actually creates the folder, only when I close the program, Xojo crashes. I did not test from the build exe yet.

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you should not assign a path to name property.

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try something like this:

[code] dim DesktopFolder as FolderItem = SpecialFolder.Desktop
dim MyFolder as FolderItem = DesktopFolder.Child(“test”)

	MyFolder.CreateAsFolder
	
	dim file as FolderItem = MyFolder.Child("test.txt")
	dim t as TextOutputStream = TextOutputStream.Create(file)
	t.WriteLine "Hello World"[/code]
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This is an invalid name.

Also, you cannot create a folder in the root of the disk like that, you don’t have permissions.

This would work :

f = specialfolder.desktop.child("xojo_text") f.createAsFolder

Once again, use GetTemporaryFolderItem, or create your folder in SpecialFolder.Temporary. What you are doing is not recommended. The Desktop is not intended for temporary files at all.

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[quote=301624:@Tony Lam]Thanks all but still does not work… not even as simple as:

dim f as new FolderItem

f.name = “c:\xojo_text”
f.CreateAsFolder

Can anyone be kind enough to share some working codes?[/quote]

This what i do instead… check if it exist and then create the folder if it does not exist.
but then mine is checking if my folder has a subfolder called Reports.

DIM f AS FolderItem
f = GetFolderItem("").child(“Reports”)
if not f.Exists then f.CreateAsFolder

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Creating folders in the Application/Program Files directories is frowned upon, and Windows virtualizes it, so best of to use the ApplicationData folder or the Temporary folder…

15

Thanks all for your advices.

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You could also try:

dim f as folderitem = GetFolderItem("c:\\mypath", FolderItem.PathTypeNative) f.createAsFolder

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This is incorrect. Use

f = GetFolderItem(app.RootTempFolder)

instead.

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i know… but for my clients, i setup a folder called ARTSCENESERVER where all the stuff for the images, the databases and all the user folder in located in the subfolder under the main one.

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That’s fine, so long as you’re not updating the folder (saving new files, changing existing files, etc)… If you are, use the AppData folder as recommended by the people making the operating systems :slight_smile:

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i know… my application does not go to Program file folder on Windows or Applications folder on Mac.