Problem with getFiles()

[Ghoulfool]

I'm having a problem with getFiles()  - changing it from a user supplied path with selectDialog to a hard coded path. I know there are bug issues with early versions of CS and getFiles, but I can't see where I'm going wrong with:

// just get files 
var sourceFolder = "C:\\temp\\json";
if (sourceFolder != null)
{
  var fileList = sourceFolder.getFiles();
}

Thank you.

[xbytor2]

Try

var sourceFolder = Folder("C:
temp
json");

[Chuck Uebele]

There are two ways to list a path, one as X shows, the other is using "/" and no colon.  It looks like your main issue is the double backslashes,

[Ghoulfool]

var sourceFolder = Folder("C:

temp

json");

That just gets me: Error 4: Unterminated string constant.

ha ha! I've just seen what's gone on. The slashes have been turned into new lines by the web pixies. All appease the web pixies! Feed them sour milk, diet donuts and slashes! Ahem....

It should have read

var sourceFolder = Folder("C:/temp/json");

also works with back slashes

var sourceFolder = Folder("C:\\temp\\json"); // use back slashes

[Michael_L_Hale · Accepted solution]

Yes you can use either forward or back slashes. That wasn't the reason for your problems with getFiles(). The problem is you were trying to use a folder method on a string object.

// just get files
var sourceFolder = "C:\\temp\\json";// this is a string object
if (sourceFolder != null)// it will never be null because it was just defined on th line above. Did you mean sourceFolder.exists?
{
  //var fileList = sourceFolder.getFiles();// strings do not have a getFiles method.

  var fileList = Folder(sourceFolder).getFiles();
}