Re: Ignoring invisible files

[Arnaud Nicolet <arnaud at tribu dot ch>]

Le 24 janv. 07 à 21:41 Soir, Lars Jensen a écrit:

> > Function isVisible(Extends f As FolderItem) As Boolean
> Implementation note: Even if I am running on Windows or Mac Classic, I
> generally find it useful to check for Mac OS X style invisibility as
> described in this thread. In the mixed-platform networks that are my
> usual haunts, a filename that starts with a period is very likely to
> be a remnant of Mac OS X access to that network folder, and not
> something I want to show in the user interface of whatever tool I am
> writing.
>
> So instead of the IsVisible function above, my function looks like  
> this:
>  Function IsHidden(extends f as folderItem, CrossPlatform as boolean
> = true) as boolean
>
> Inside this function, I don't use platform-specific compilation;
> instead I check the CrossPlatform argument to decide which tests to
> perform. This allows me to offer it as a runtime option for the user,
> appropriate.
That's a great idea.
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