This is the documentation for the Realbasic Plugins from Monkeybreadsoftware.de. You find these plugins and the newest version of this document at http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/realbasic inside the plugins section.
This help was last updated on Freitag, 6. September 2002 and covers 2136 items: 126 classes, 2 controls and 583 global functions.
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NewFolderItem(vRefNum as Integer, parID as Integer, name as String) as FolderItem | ||||
| global method, File Manager | So, 28. Apr 2002 | |||
| Mac OS Classic: Works. | Mac OS Carbon: Works. | Windows: returns allways nil. | ||
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Function:
Creates a FolderItem from a specified volume, the item's directory ID and its name. | ||||
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Example:
dim f as folderItem f=newfolderItem(-1) msgBox f.absolutePath# | ||||
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Notes:
The vRefNum with value -1 is the boot volume on Mac OS. | ||||
NewFolderItemFSRef(fsref as memoryblock) as FolderItem | ||||
| global method, File Manager | Di, 23. Jul 2002 | |||
| Mac OS Classic: Works. | Mac OS Carbon: Works. | Windows: -> nil. | ||
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Function:
Creates a FolderItem from a specified FSRef. | ||||
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Example:
dim f,g as folderItem dim m as memoryBlock f=getfolderItem("") m=f.FSRef g=NewFolderItemFSRef(m) msgBox g.absolutePath // same path as f | ||||
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Notes:
Only usefull for toolbox calls and on Mac OS 9 and later. | ||||
NewFolderItemFSSpec(fsspec as memoryblock) as FolderItem | ||||
| global method, File Manager | So, 21. Jul 2002 | |||
| Mac OS Classic: Works. | Mac OS Carbon: Works. | Windows: -> nil. | ||
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Function:
Creates a FolderItem from a specified FSSpec. | ||||
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Example:
dim f,g as folderItem dim m as memoryBlock f=getfolderItem("") m=f.FSSpec g=NewFolderItemFSSpec(m) msgBox g.absolutePath // same path as f | ||||
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Notes:
Only usefull for toolbox calls. | ||||
NewVolumeFolderItem(vRefNum as Integer) as FolderItem | ||||
| global method, File Manager | So, 28. Apr 2002 | |||
| Mac OS Classic: Works. | Mac OS Carbon: Works. | Windows: returns allways nil. | ||
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Function:
Creates a FolderItem from a specified volume based on the volume reference number. | ||||
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Example:
dim f as folderItem f=NewVolumeFolderItem(-1) msgBox f.absolutePath | ||||
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Notes:
The vRefNum with value -1 is the boot volume on Mac OS. Pass in the vRefNum of any mounted volume and it returns the Volume as a FolderItem. Returns nil if the vRefNum was invalid. | ||||
VolResolveID(vol as FolderItem, id as Integer) as FolderItem | ||||
| global method, File Manager | So, 28. Apr 2002 | |||
| Mac OS Classic: Works. | Mac OS Carbon: Works. | Windows: returns allways nil. | ||
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Function:
return a FolderItem for a passed FileID or DirID. If the item can not be resolved, nil is returned instead. The first parameter specified the volume where you want to resolve the ID on. | ||||
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Example:
dim f,g as folderItem f=desktopfolder g=VolResolveID(f,f.MacDirID) msgBox f.absolutePath | ||||
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Notes:
This function returns a FolderItem for a passed FileID or DirID. If the item can not be resolved, nil is returned instead. | ||||
VolResolveID(vRefNum as Integer, id as Integer) as FolderItem | ||||
| global method, File Manager | So, 28. Apr 2002 | |||
| Mac OS Classic: Works. | Mac OS Carbon: Works. | Windows: returns allways nil. | ||
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Function:
return a FolderItem for a passed FileID or DirID. If the item can not be resolved, nil is returned instead. The first parameter specified the volume where you want to resolve the ID on. | ||||
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Example:
dim f,g as folderItem f=desktopfolder g=VolResolveID(f.macVRefNum,f.MacDirID) msgBox f.absolutePath | ||||
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Notes:
This function returns a FolderItem for a passed FileID or DirID. If the item can not be resolved, nil is returned instead. The first parameter specified the volume where you want to resolve the ID on.There is a bug in RB which may say "type mistmatch error" in RB. Than use the other variant of that function. | ||||
Written 2002 by Christian Schmitz. Feel free to ask or report mistakes to realbasic@macsw.de.
Thanks.