Re: [isfile] ?

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1997


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 11437
interpreted = N
texte = >Hi, > >I thought I saw something earlier about a new tag or context called >[isfile] or something like that, but I cannot find anything more about it >in the html refs. > >I want to use this tag to check to see if a certain file exists in the >images folder, and then do a [showif] based on the results. > >I've been using a separate 'images .db' database to store the names of all >the image files I add to the images folder, but that's a hassle because it >means I have to create a new record in the database with the name of every >new image file I add. > look under [listfiles] in the context tags of the online ref. It is used for doing a complete directory not just a specific file unless you render the folder ahead of time which is how we plan to use it. >If I could just add new files >without being required to add their names to >a database, it would make life a whole lot easier ... :)sort of easier then manual entry but not what you want I think. Hope this helps.=============================================== Gary Richter PanaVise Products, Inc. 7540 Colbert Dr. Reno, Nevada 89511 Ph: 702.850.2900 Fx: 702.850.2929 Email: grichter@panavise.com http://www.panavise.com =============================================== Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [isfile] ? (Grant Hulbert 1997)
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  3. Re: [isfile] ? (Grant Hulbert 1997)
  4. Re: [isfile] ? (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  5. Re: [isfile] ? (Christer Olsson 1997)
  6. Re: [isfile] ? (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  7. Re: [isfile] ? (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  8. Re: [isfile] ? (Grant Hulbert 1997)
  9. Re: [isfile] ? (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  10. Re: [isfile] ? (grichter@panavise.com (Gary Richter) 1997)
  11. [isfile] ? (Kenneth Grome 1997)
>Hi, > >I thought I saw something earlier about a new tag or context called >[isfile] or something like that, but I cannot find anything more about it >in the html refs. > >I want to use this tag to check to see if a certain file exists in the >images folder, and then do a [showif] based on the results. > >I've been using a separate 'images .db' database to store the names of all >the image files I add to the images folder, but that's a hassle because it >means I have to create a new record in the database with the name of every >new image file I add. > look under [listfiles] in the context tags of the online ref. It is used for doing a complete directory not just a specific file unless you render the folder ahead of time which is how we plan to use it. >If I could just add new files >without being required to add their names to >a database, it would make life a whole lot easier ... :)sort of easier then manual entry but not what you want I think. Hope this helps.=============================================== Gary Richter PanaVise Products, Inc. 7540 Colbert Dr. Reno, Nevada 89511 Ph: 702.850.2900 Fx: 702.850.2929 Email: grichter@panavise.com http://www.panavise.com =============================================== grichter@panavise.com (Gary Richter)

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