-- card: 34335 from stack: in.2r
-- bmap block id: 0
-- flags: 0000
-- background id: 3837
-- name: FileVisFlag


-- part 2 (button)
-- low flags: 00
-- high flags: A004
-- rect: left=386 top=269 right=293 bottom=471
-- 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: try me
----- HyperTalk script -----
on mouseUp
  if the optionkey is down then edit script of me
  put filename() into temp
  if temp is empty then exit mouseup
  put FileVisFlag(temp)
end mouseUp



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FileVisFlag

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FileVisFlag lets you find out whether a file's icon is visible on the desktop. 

FileVisFlag can be used together with SetFile* to alter the characteristics of a file.

Other XCMDs of potential interest include FileName*, reNameFIle*, changeFileType*, & FileCreator*.







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Q: Who invented me?
A:       Larry Wolfarth
          2133 N. Lincoln St.
          Arlington, VA 22207

Q: Any limitations on my use?
A:  Just mention the name of my creator in a visible place if you use this XCMD for commercial purposes. [Note: My creator is not a lawyer, but my creator's wife is....]

Q: What if you don't like me?
A:  You may (1) write the author & ask for the source code, (2) grumble but continue to use the XCMD as is, or (3) forget the whole thing. HOWEVER, you may NOT complain: you got what you paid for....

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Reading suggestion: The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, by Ed Tufte (Graphics Press)--opinionated views on such matters as the use of color in diplay graphics, what makes an effective (and useless) graph, etc. Warning: Tufte has no use for pie charts....

••Note from Steve Drazga, Editor DevStack
I would like to publicly thank Larry for sending in this contribution & supporting the Developer Stack.  It was especially nice the way he formatted his contribution so all I had to do was paste it into the new issue.  Way to go, Larry!


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Syntax:


FileVisFlag(<"fullPathName">)

Returns "Visible" or "inVisible"or "Error" [+ an explanation]








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