-- card: 11180 from stack: in.0
-- bmap block id: 0
-- flags: 4000
-- background id: 3837
-- name: FileModDate
----- HyperTalk script -----
on closecard
  hide message window
end closecard


-- part 1 (button)
-- low flags: 00
-- high flags: A003
-- rect: left=82 top=302 right=324 bottom=182
-- title width / last selected line: 0
-- icon id / first selected line: 0 / 0
-- text alignment: 1
-- font id: 0
-- text size: 12
-- style flags: 0
-- line height: 16
-- part name: Install
----- HyperTalk script -----
on mouseUp
  if the optionkey is down then
    pass mouseup
  end if

  put (long name of this stack) into sourceStack
  delete first word of sourceStack
  delete first character of sourceStack
  delete last character of sourceStack
  put "Select a stack to copy this resource into."
  put filename("STAK") into fname
  if fname is empty then
    hide message window
    exit mouseup
  end if
  if sourcestack=fname then
    beep
    Answer "Get real.  You can't install it in this stack"
    hide message window
    exit mouseup
  end if

  --
  ModResCopy sourceStack,fname,"XFCN","FileModDate"
  --
  get the result
  if first char of it is "E" then
    put it into the message box
    beep
    answer "Attempt to install resource has failed."
  else
    beep
    answer "Resource installation successful"
  end if
  hide message window
end mouseUp



-- part 2 (button)
-- low flags: 00
-- high flags: A004
-- rect: left=231 top=244 right=297 bottom=290
-- title width / last selected line: 0
-- icon id / first selected line: 27056 / 27056
-- text alignment: 1
-- font id: 0
-- text size: 12
-- style flags: 0
-- line height: 16
-- part name: Try this
----- HyperTalk script -----
on mouseUp
  put "Select a file..."
  put filename() into thisfile
  put "Created on " into info
  convert fileModDate(thisfile,true) to short date
  put it after info
  put "; Modified on " after info
  convert fileModDate(thisfile,false) to short date
  put it after info
  put info
end mouseUp



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FileModDate

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This can be used to get the creation or modification date of a file, or as a 'File exists' utility.








Thanks to:
Dewi Williams
2227 Juniper Court
Boulder CO 80302
(303) 443 9038
Delphi: DEWI


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Syntax:

put FileModDate("PathName",
<needCreation>) into thisDate

"PathName" is the full pathname to the target.

<needCreation> can be true or false.  If it is true, the function will return the creation date, otherwise it will return the modification date.
The date is returned in ticks format.
If there is an error an empty string is returned.