1. [WIN] The "ren" API
Howdy y'all!
As I'm working on the installer, I've run into a bit of a pickle. I am now
at the point where the stock DOS installer changes the name of an existing
Euphoria folder to "fuphoria." The problem is, for the life of me I can't
find a Windows API function which renames folders. For that matter, I can't
even find one to rename a file.
Looking in win32lib.ew, I discovered that quite a few routines have been
wrapped for file manipulation; unfortunately, a renaming routine isn't among
them. So, I'm a little stuck on it. I suppose I could just shell out a
"ren" command, but that will have the nasty effect of flashing a DOS console
window for about half a second, which does not look too awful professional.
I had originally considered allowing the user to change the location of
Euphoria so that two different versions could be on their computer (looking
forward to 2.3). But it occurred to me that doing so would be a heck of a
mess, since probably EUDIR can only point to one "version" at a time. If
y'all think that having more than one copy of Euphoria on a system is
something desirable and *workable*, let me know.
Thanks, y'all!
Travis Beaty
Claude, Texas.
2. Re: [WIN] The "ren" API
This puzzled me earlier in my quest as well, but apparently you just use the
"move" file command.
> Euphoria folder to "fuphoria." The problem is, for the life of me I can't
> find a Windows API function which renames folders. For that matter, I
can't
> even find one to rename a file.
>
> Thanks, y'all!
>
> Travis Beaty
> Claude, Texas.
3. Re: [WIN] The "ren" API
It's easy, just use moveFile that acts as renameFile (actually it's
moving the content to another name =P)
The Win32Lib includes moveFile, or if you are not using the library,
you can get win32fil that haves usefull functions for managing files
under windows.
Best Regards,
Guillermo Bonvehí
AKA: Caballero Rojo - Knixeur
--- Travis Beaty <travisbeaty at arn.net> wrote:
>
>
> Howdy y'all!
>
> As I'm working on the installer, I've run into a bit of a pickle. I
> am now
> at the point where the stock DOS installer changes the name of an
> existing
> Euphoria folder to "fuphoria." The problem is, for the life of me I
> can't
> find a Windows API function which renames folders. For that matter,
> I can't
> even find one to rename a file.
>
> Looking in win32lib.ew, I discovered that quite a few routines have
> been
> wrapped for file manipulation; unfortunately, a renaming routine
> isn't among
> them. So, I'm a little stuck on it. I suppose I could just shell
> out a
> "ren" command, but that will have the nasty effect of flashing a DOS
> console
> window for about half a second, which does not look too awful
> professional.
>
>
> I had originally considered allowing the user to change the location
> of
> Euphoria so that two different versions could be on their computer
> (looking
> forward to 2.3). But it occurred to me that doing so would be a heck
> of a
> mess, since probably EUDIR can only point to one "version" at a time.
> If
> y'all think that having more than one copy of Euphoria on a system is
> something desirable and *workable*, let me know.
>
> Thanks, y'all!
>
> Travis Beaty
> Claude, Texas.
>
>
>
>
