Re: Bug (feature) in v6 listfiles shows hidden files ...
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texte = > The 'showinvisibles' was only a feature for the > classic MAC platform, as indicated in the online > documentation. It was never available for any > other platform. We will consider this a feature request. Thanks for the response Scott, at least now I have an indication that someone at SMSI has actually read my message. And thanks for telling me that SMSI will put this on their 'feature request' list. Whether or not you guys do anything about it is another issue of course, but that's up to you. :) The reason I asked in the first place is because WinXP has been out for 3-4 years, and I don't think the 'showinvisibles' feature for the MacOS has been available that long ... so why this feature was not *also* implemented in WinXP (and any other OS's that create invisible files) is beyond me. It just seems lazy or irresponsible to implement it in one OS but not all the others that could also use it. Why wait for a special request? Sometimes a little foresight goes a long ways ... :) >We will consider this a feature request. > >-----Original Message----- >From: WebDNA Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com]On Behalf Of >Kenneth Grome >Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 5:19 PM >To: WebDNA Talk >Subject: Re: Bug (feature) in v6 listfiles shows hidden files ... > > >No response for 4 days (what a surprise) so I will ask again ... > >SMSI, will you *ever* fix this problem ... or is this issue never >going to be addressed? If you are going to fix it, when can we have >a version in which the problem is resolved? > >I would appreciate an answer so I know how to proceed with my >business, thanks. > > > >>I have installed v6 on one of my WindowsXP computers. Webdna shows >>the hidden "Thumbs.db" operating system file when I use listfiles. >> >>... and it *still* shows these hidden files when I use >>"showinvisibles=F" in the listfiles tag. Why? >> >>Yes there's a work-around to this particular problem: Put a nested >>hideif inside the listfiles context to make it stop showing his >>particular hidden file ... and then create my own home-grown index >>numbering system to replace the index tag in listfiles so I can get >>the proper index numbers on the files I want to display. >> >>But this does not solve the problem of hiding OTHER hidden OS files, >>it is only a viable work-around when you know the names of the >>hidden files the OS will create and place into your folders ... >>which means it's always going to be a problem with a PITA >>work-around until SMSI actually fixes it properly. >> >>This same problem existed in the MacOS years ago, so I cannot >>understand why was it never fixed in Windows when it was already >>dealt with in the MacOS. >> >>Anyone have a clue why this is still an issue, or when SMSI will >>finally fix this problem on all operating systems once and for all? >> >>-- >> >>Kenneth Grome >>WebDNA Programmer >>Outsource Service Provider >>Phone: +6332 255-6591 >> >>------------------------------------------------------------- >>This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list
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> The 'showinvisibles' was only a feature for the > classic MAC platform, as indicated in the online > documentation. It was never available for any > other platform. We will consider this a feature request. Thanks for the response Scott, at least now I have an indication that someone at SMSI has actually read my message. And thanks for telling me that SMSI will put this on their 'feature request' list. Whether or not you guys do anything about it is another issue of course, but that's up to you. :) The reason I asked in the first place is because WinXP has been out for 3-4 years, and I don't think the 'showinvisibles' feature for the MacOS has been available that long ... so why this feature was not *also* implemented in WinXP (and any other OS's that create invisible files) is beyond me. It just seems lazy or irresponsible to implement it in one OS but not all the others that could also use it. Why wait for a special request? Sometimes a little foresight goes a long ways ... :) >We will consider this a feature request. > >-----Original Message----- >From: WebDNA Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com]On Behalf Of >Kenneth Grome >Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 5:19 PM >To: WebDNA Talk >Subject: Re: Bug (feature) in v6 listfiles shows hidden files ... > > >No response for 4 days (what a surprise) so I will ask again ... > >SMSI, will you *ever* fix this problem ... or is this issue never >going to be addressed? If you are going to fix it, when can we have >a version in which the problem is resolved? > >I would appreciate an answer so I know how to proceed with my >business, thanks. > > > >>I have installed v6 on one of my WindowsXP computers. Webdna shows >>the hidden "Thumbs.db" operating system file when I use listfiles. >> >>... and it *still* shows these hidden files when I use >>"showinvisibles=F" in the listfiles tag. Why? >> >>Yes there's a work-around to this particular problem: Put a nested >>hideif inside the listfiles context to make it stop showing his >>particular hidden file ... and then create my own home-grown index >>numbering system to replace the index tag in listfiles so I can get >>the proper index numbers on the files I want to display. >> >>But this does not solve the problem of hiding OTHER hidden OS files, >>it is only a viable work-around when you know the names of the >>hidden files the OS will create and place into your folders ... >>which means it's always going to be a problem with a PITA >>work-around until SMSI actually fixes it properly. >> >>This same problem existed in the MacOS years ago, so I cannot >>understand why was it never fixed in Windows when it was already >>dealt with in the MacOS. >> >>Anyone have a clue why this is still an issue, or when SMSI will >>finally fix this problem on all operating systems once and for all? >> >>-- >> >>Kenneth Grome >>WebDNA Programmer >>Outsource Service Provider >>Phone: +6332 255-6591 >> >>------------------------------------------------------------- >>This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >>To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> >>Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > >-- > >Kenneth Grome >WebDNA Programmer >Outsource Service Provider >Phone: +6332 255-6591 > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > >Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > >Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ -- Kenneth Grome WebDNA Programmer Outsource Service Provider Phone: +6332 255-6591 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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