[Gambas-user] file list in combobox

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Maybe it has something to do with paths being relative to the
executable.  Specifically implying the path in the fix forces gambas to
look in the actual directory.

Just a thot.

Jeff

On Tue, 2006-05-02 at 10:54 -0700, Peter Russell wrote:
> Hi all
> Using Version 1.0.15
> 
> I actually resolved this but thought it may be an issue worth
> commenting on.
> 
> I had the following code in my program for getting a number of files
> from a directory with the extension ending in .z and then removing the
> extension.
> ***************** 
>   sFiles = Dir("players", "*.z")
>   
>   cboxPlayers.Clear
>   
>   FOR EACH sFile IN sFiles
>     sName = Split(sFile, ".")
>     cboxPlayers.Add(sName[0],i)
>     INC i
>   NEXT
> ***********************
> 
> This ran fine until I created the exexcutable file where it crashed in
> this routine
> 
> The following  changes fixed the crash.
> 
> ********************
>   sPath = Application.Path & "/players"
>   
>   sFiles = Dir(sPath, "*.z")
>   
>   cboxPlayers.Clear
>   
>   FOR EACH sFile IN sFiles
>     sName = Split(sFile, ".")
>     cboxPlayers.Add(sName[0],i)
>     INC i
>   NEXT 
> ***************************
> 
> Strange! Hope this may help someone unless someone can enlighten me to
> a better way. 
> 
> Oh by the way I'm new to the list and only been messing with gambas a
> short while. In one word! Fantastic. Thanks.
> 
> Regards Pete 
> 
> 
> 
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