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ConvertHSF2PosixPath

Description

MacIntosh only!

Converts HSF (using ':' as delimiter) file path to Posix (using '/' as delimiter) file path.

FUNCTION ConvertHSF2PosixPath(
				HSFPath          : DYNARRAY[] of CHAR;
				VAR outPosixPath : DYNARRAY[] of CHAR): BOOLEAN;
def vs.ConvertHSF2PosixPath(HSFPath):
    return (BOOLEAN, outPosixPath)

Parameters

Name Type Description
HSFPath DYNARRAY[] of CHAR The HSF path that is to be converted.
outPosixPath DYNARRAY[] of CHAR Output parameter. Returns the converted path. If the function does not succeed the returned value is the passed 'HSFPath' value.

Remarks

_c_ (2016.06.16): This doesn't fail easily (I never could see a failure) but will return gibberish upon anything but a qualified HSF path. Interestingly, passing a qualified posix path (needing thus no conversion!) will also return gibberish:

Example: path2convert := Macintosh HD:Users:user:Desktop:New File.txt ConvertHSF2PosixPath(path2convert, path) --> Macintosh HD:Users:user:Desktop:New File.txt > /Users/user/Desktop/New File.txt --> OK

path2convert := /Users/user/Desktop/New File.txt { <-- this needs no conversion! } ConvertHSF2PosixPath(path2convert, path) --> /Users/user/Desktop/New File.txt > /:Users:user:Desktop:New File.txt --> GIBBERISH

Examples

resultOK := ConvertHSF2PosixPath(HSFPath, outPosixPath);
import vs

# MacIntosh only!.
HSFPath = 'C:/Temp'

ok, outPosixPath = vs.ConvertHSF2PosixPath(HSFPath)
vs.Message('ConvertHSF2PosixPath returned: ' + str((ok, outPosixPath)))

See Also

VS Functions: ConvertPosix2HSFPath

Version

Availability: from Vectorworks 2010

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