Re: searching for last file... WebCat solutions

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1999


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 22643
interpreted = N
texte = How in the heck do people come up with these solutions? Mind you, I've got an 8-5 day job (so I do WebCat in the evening) and I don't do WebCat for a living, but I've started to think in WebDNA. I do Mac consulting for a local University and start to find a million ways a day to use WebCat for projects, but I don't think I could come up with this simple solution in a million years.It's like the DatabaseAdministrator.tpl that Olin came up with. Wow, it was awesome and blew me away. Solved a million problems and did it all in one template. Amazing.How do you folks (Peter, Micheal, Olin, Ken, Grant, Brian, all the regulars) do it? I do understand the function of intuition and knowledge (I can diagnose Mac problems in a heartbeat due to 10 years of love and dedication) but haven't felt the flow of the WebCat Force.How do you do it?Bill>>Hi there! >> >>Has anyone a handy solution for displaying the last file (alphabetically) >>in a given subdirectory? >> >>like >> >>afolder/01.pic >>afolder/02.pic >>afolder/03.pic >>afolder/04.pic <-- this one needs to be displayed >> >>It has to do something with [listfiles], but I cant get any further > >[ListFiles] >[TEXT]lastFile=[FileName][/TEXT] >[/ListFiles] > >The file you want to display is: [lastFile] > > ************************************************************* > Christer Olsson Stora Nygatan 21 Phone +46 40 791 50 > Ljusa Ideer AB S-211 37 Malmoe Fax +46 40 97 99 77 > Sweden http://www.ljusaideer.se -- Bill Heissenbuttel PageHouse, Inc. bill@pagehouse.com Internet Presence Provider http://www.pagehouse.com (509) 892-1973 Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: searching for last file... WebCat solutions (Bill Heissenbuttel 1999)
How in the heck do people come up with these solutions? Mind you, I've got an 8-5 day job (so I do WebCat in the evening) and I don't do WebCat for a living, but I've started to think in WebDNA. I do Mac consulting for a local University and start to find a million ways a day to use WebCat for projects, but I don't think I could come up with this simple solution in a million years.It's like the DatabaseAdministrator.tpl that Olin came up with. Wow, it was awesome and blew me away. Solved a million problems and did it all in one template. Amazing.How do you folks (Peter, Micheal, Olin, Ken, Grant, Brian, all the regulars) do it? I do understand the function of intuition and knowledge (I can diagnose Mac problems in a heartbeat due to 10 years of love and dedication) but haven't felt the flow of the WebCat Force.How do you do it?Bill>>Hi there! >> >>Has anyone a handy solution for displaying the last file (alphabetically) >>in a given subdirectory? >> >>like >> >>afolder/01.pic >>afolder/02.pic >>afolder/03.pic >>afolder/04.pic <-- this one needs to be displayed >> >>It has to do something with [listfiles], but I cant get any further > >[listfiles] >[text]lastFile=[FileName][/TEXT] >[/ListFiles] > >The file you want to display is: [lastFile] > > ************************************************************* > Christer Olsson Stora Nygatan 21 Phone +46 40 791 50 > Ljusa Ideer AB S-211 37 Malmoe Fax +46 40 97 99 77 > Sweden http://www.ljusaideer.se -- Bill Heissenbuttel PageHouse, Inc. bill@pagehouse.com Internet Presence Provider http://www.pagehouse.com (509) 892-1973 Bill Heissenbuttel

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