Unintended Consquences of Run BASIC

[billw]

One of the cool side effects of hooking up Run BASIC to the web is that you have instant file sharing at no additional cost. So now it's easier than ever to share... screenshots... or whatever it is you legally distribute over the internet. Like copyrighted music, err, pictures of your dog/cat/baby sister.

[Chris Iverson]

I like to use it as a file server; I just put anything I want to be able to get later in the public folder, and I made a program to upload stuff, too.

[alix]

you have instant file sharing at no additional cost

I like to use it as a file server; I just put anything I want to be able to get later in the public folder, and I made a program to upload stuff, too.

This is exactly what I'd like to achieve !
I have used LB for a couple of years now and just bought Run BASIC which I've never used before. Could you give me a few hints on how to make a program to share files (in my case photos) and let people upload stuff ? do you use FTP ?

Thanks,

alix

[Jerry Muelver]

Alix, no need for FTP. See the uploadtest project in the sample projects collection. Also take a look at the organizer project, to see how to built an application manager, so folks can choose which or your creations to run.

[alix]

Thanks Jerry, but I can't find "the sample projects collection". I have also looked in the wiki. All I can find for now is :
runbasic.wikispaces.com/File+Operations

[mackrackit]

runbasic.wikispaces.com/Upload

My question is... How do you select the directory the file is uploaded to?

[Alyce]

mackrackit said:

runbasic.wikispaces.com/Upload

My question is... How do you select the directory the file is uploaded to?

You cannot do this. You can open the file from its default upload location, load it into a string, open a new file in your desired folder (creating it with mkdir if it doesn't exist) and write the info to the new file. Then kill the original file.

[carlgundel]

alycewatson said:

mackrackit said:

runbasic.wikispaces.com/Upload

My question is... How do you select the directory the file is uploaded to?

You cannot do this. You can open the file from its default upload location, load it into a string, open a new file in your desired folder (creating it with mkdir if it doesn't exist) and write the info to the new file. Then kill the original file.

I think it would be a good idea to add an Upload Folder field in Preferences and perhaps a UploadDir$ variable so that this can be customized.

-Carl

[Alyce]

carlgundel said:

I think it would be a good idea to add an Upload Folder field in Preferences and perhaps a UploadDir$ variable so that this can be customized.

-Carl

I came very close to asking for this during beta testing. I hesitated to ask for yet another new feature, since you were trying to fix bugs and get RB out the door. It would be fantastic!

[mackrackit]

carlgundel said:

alycewatson said:

You cannot do this. You can open the file from its default upload location, load it into a string, open a new file in your desired folder (creating it with mkdir if it doesn't exist) and write the info to the new file. Then kill the original file.

I think it would be a good idea to add an Upload Folder field in Preferences and perhaps a UploadDir$ variable so that this can be customized.

-Carl

I was thinking of writing a script to go with UPLOAD to do what Alice said and then the directory could be where ever you need it (pictures, docs, pdfs, etc).

[carlgundel]

mackrackit said:

carlgundel said:

I think it would be a good idea to add an Upload Folder field in Preferences and perhaps a UploadDir$ variable so that this can be customized.

-Carl

I was thinking of writing a script to go with UPLOAD to do what Alice said and then the directory could be where ever you need it (pictures, docs, pdfs, etc).

Don't let me stop you. A modification to Run BASIC itself is at least weeks away if not further.

-Carl

[StefanPendl]

carlgundel said:

I think it would be a good idea to add an Upload Folder field in Preferences and perhaps a UploadDir$ variable so that this can be customized.

I would really find this enhancement useful, since I am planning to create an in-house bug tracker.

[Alyce]

I intended to write a program to move uploaded files and this has spurred me to do it. It's very simple to do. I was waiting because MkDir hadn't been added to the language when I first wanted to accomplish this.

The demo is here:

runbasic.wikispaces.com/UploadAndMove

Of course, after Carl adds the ability to set an upload directory in RB preferences, this won't be necessary.