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variable undefined error makes no sense to me
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| Dan Barbaria 2005-11-11, 11:23 am |
| Hi all,
At the top of my program I define ORIG_DIR as follows:
#define ORIG_DIR
" D:\Data\Background_R
outines\PDFsforCat\P
DFsForCatOriginals"
The following lines are 45, 46 and 47. Line 45 (the msgbox) displays the
value of the variable as expected however the next line throws a "Variable
undefined: ORIG_DIR" error. It makes no sense to me can someone explain.
msgbox(ORIG_DIR)
nextline =[new File().delete("]+ORIG_DIR+"\"+cJobNumber+[.pdf")]
&nextline
Thanks
Dan Barbaria
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| Ivar B. Jessen 2005-11-11, 1:23 pm |
| On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 10:19:56 -0600, "Dan Barbaria" <daniel.barbaria at
ops.org> wrote:
>At the top of my program I define ORIG_DIR as follows:
>
>#define ORIG_DIR
>" D:\Data\Background_R
outines\PDFsforCat\P
DFsForCatOriginals"
>
>The following lines are 45, 46 and 47. Line 45 (the msgbox) displays the
>value of the variable as expected however the next line throws a "Variable
>undefined: ORIG_DIR" error. It makes no sense to me can someone explain.
>
>msgbox(ORIG_DIR)
> nextline =[new File().delete("]+ORIG_DIR+"\"+cJobNumber+[.pdf")]
> &nextline
Does this work?
I shortened the path to illustrate that it is not wrapped in quotes
#define ORIG_DIR D:\Data\PDFsForCatOr
iginals
msgbox([ORIG_DIR])
nextline = [ORIG_DIR] + "\" + cJobNumber + ".pdf"
delete file &nextline
Ivar B. Jessen
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| Dan Barbaria 2005-11-11, 8:23 pm |
|
> Does this work?
>
> I shortened the path to illustrate that it is not wrapped in quotes
>
>
> #define ORIG_DIR D:\Data\PDFsForCatOr
iginals
> msgbox([ORIG_DIR])
> nextline = [ORIG_DIR] + "\" + cJobNumber + ".pdf"
> delete file &nextline
Ivar,
Yes it works.
I guess I don't understand it though. I would expect the
msgbox([ORIG_DIR]) to display ORIG_DIR and msgbox(ORIG_DIR) to display
D:\Data\PDFsForCatOr
iginals
I have to work with this more to get a better handle on it.
Thanks,
Dan Barbaria
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| Ivar B. Jessen 2005-11-11, 8:23 pm |
| On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:49:14 -0600, "Dan Barbaria" <daniel.barbaria at
ops.org> wrote:
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>Ivar,
>
>Yes it works.
>
> I guess I don't understand it though. I would expect the
>msgbox([ORIG_DIR]) to display ORIG_DIR and msgbox(ORIG_DIR) to display
> D:\Data\PDFsForCatOr
iginals
>
>I have to work with this more to get a better handle on it.
>
>Thanks,
You are welcome.
Ivar B. Jessen
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| Charles Crume 2005-11-11, 8:23 pm |
|
"Dan Barbaria" <daniel.barbaria at ops.org> wrote in message
news:6adDayt5FHA.1232@news-server...
> Hi all,
>
> At the top of my program I define ORIG_DIR as follows:
>
> #define ORIG_DIR
> " D:\Data\Background_R
outines\PDFsforCat\P
DFsForCatOriginals"
>
> The following lines are 45, 46 and 47. Line 45 (the msgbox) displays the
> value of the variable as expected however the next line throws a "Variable
> undefined: ORIG_DIR" error. It makes no sense to me can someone explain.
>
> msgbox(ORIG_DIR)
> nextline =[new File().delete("]+ORIG_DIR+"\"+cJobNumber+[.pdf")]
> &nextline
>
> Thanks
> Dan Barbaria
I created a file named "123.pdf" in my "c:\temp" folder, then tried:
ORIG_DIR="c:\temp"; cJobNumber="123"; nextline =[new
File().delete("]+ORIG_DIR+"\"+cJobNumber+[.pdf")]; ?nextline; &nextline
It works A-OK for me (Plus 2.21, XP Home).
Maybe you should check the value in "cJobNumber" by printing the value of
"nextline" to see what's causing the problem.
Charles...
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| Charles Crume 2005-11-14, 3:23 am |
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"Charles Crume" < NOccsSPAM@charlescru
mesoftware.com> wrote in message
news:8LZeO3x5FHA.892@news-server...
>
> "Dan Barbaria" <daniel.barbaria at ops.org> wrote in message
> news:6adDayt5FHA.1232@news-server...
>
> I created a file named "123.pdf" in my "c:\temp" folder, then tried:
>
> ORIG_DIR="c:\temp"; cJobNumber="123"; nextline =[new
> File().delete("]+ORIG_DIR+"\"+cJobNumber+[.pdf")]; ?nextline; &nextline
>
> It works A-OK for me (Plus 2.21, XP Home).
>
> Maybe you should check the value in "cJobNumber" by printing the value of
> "nextline" to see what's causing the problem.
>
> Charles...
>
Dan;
Did you ever figure this out?
I did and am wondering if we came to the same solution.
Charles...
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| Dan Barbaria 2005-11-22, 11:23 am |
|
> Dan;
>
> Did you ever figure this out?
>
> I did and am wondering if we came to the same solution.
>
> Charles...
Charles,
I have not been able to get back to this project. I had to leave town for 9
days unexpectedly. Today is my first day back to work and I've got a bunch
to catch-up on.
I will look at this again soon and let you know what I find.
Thanks
Dan
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| Dan Barbaria 2005-11-22, 8:23 pm |
|
>
> Dan;
>
> Did you ever figure this out?
>
> I did and am wondering if we came to the same solution.
>
> Charles...
Charles,
Ivar's solution works and that is what I'm going with. What you came up
with works as well. The difference is the way we establish the value of
ORIG_DIR.
I'm using a #define directive as shown below.
#define ORIG_DIR D:\Data\Background_R
outines\PDFsforCat\P
DFsForCatOriginals
You are assigning a variable:
ORIG_DIR="c:\temp"
I like to use #define directives because I place them all at the top of the
program. They seem to work very much like a Public Variable because they
seem to always be in scope. This makes them easy to change if I have to.
For example, with this project the path for ORIG_DIR is different on my test
web server then the path on my live server. After testing, I just replace
the #define directives at the top and the program works fine.
I still don't have a good handle on the correct syntax when using these.
Ivar got me where I need to be even though I'm still a bit confused.
Dan
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| Marko Mihorko [dBVIPS] 2005-11-23, 11:23 am |
| Hello Dan!
"Dan Barbaria" je napisal v sporočilo...
....[color=darkred]
> I still don't have a good handle on the correct syntax when using these.
The following worked for me:
#define ORIG_DIR "D:\Whatever"
nextline ='new File().delete("'+ORIG_DIR+"\"+cJobNumber+[.pdf")]
&nextline
Marko Mihorko [dBVIPS]
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| Dan Barbaria 2005-11-23, 1:23 pm |
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"Marko Mihorko [dBVIPS]" <xyz@xyz.com> wrote in message
news:Jg5z9YE8FHA.1520@news-server...
> Hello Dan!
>
> "Dan Barbaria" je napisal v sporočilo...
>
> ....
>
> The following worked for me:
>
> #define ORIG_DIR "D:\Whatever"
> nextline ='new File().delete("'+ORIG_DIR+"\"+cJobNumber+[.pdf")]
> &nextline
>
> Marko Mihorko [dBVIPS]
Hi Marko!
It's nice to "see" you here again.
I don't see much difference between my syntax and yours with the exception
that you used single quotes and I used square brackets as delimiters at the
first part of the statement.
In any event, Ivar's suggestion worked and that is what I'm going with.
Thanks
Dan
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| Charles Crume 2005-11-23, 8:23 pm |
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"Dan Barbaria" <daniel.barbaria at ops.org> wrote in message
news:D1W7h5F8FHA.1228@news-server...
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> "Marko Mihorko [dBVIPS]" <xyz@xyz.com> wrote in message
> news:Jg5z9YE8FHA.1520@news-server...
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> Hi Marko!
>
> It's nice to "see" you here again.
>
> I don't see much difference between my syntax and yours with the exception
> that you used single quotes and I used square brackets as delimiters at
> the first part of the statement.
Changing the [ to ' is what I came up with also -- after looking at your
problem for a while longer. According to the OLH single quotes, double
quotes, and brackets can all be used to quote strings -- but it appears that
the [ are not working properly in your case.
Charles...
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| Marko Mihorko [dBVIPS] 2005-11-27, 3:24 am |
| Hello Dan!
"Dan Barbaria" je napisal v sporočilo...
> It's nice to "see" you here again.
Thank you. I manage to fly by at times (but usually only on weekends :-(
> I don't see much difference between my syntax and yours with the exception
> that you used single quotes and I used square brackets as delimiters at the
> first part of the statement.
Yes, there is not much difference, indeed, except perhaps that your syntax
doesn't work and mine does. ;-)
So, I suggest that you report this tiny behavioural difference with its proper
name (namely, as a bug ;-) in the bug-reports newsgroups.
> Thanks
You are welcome.
Marko Mihorko [dBVIPS]
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