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AppGameKit Classic Chat / GetFileExists : Change Output?

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OpusTheFowl
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Posted: 7th Feb 2017 01:20 Edited at: 7th Feb 2017 01:31
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Hi there,

I hope this is where a thought/request like this goes...

Regarding the GetFileExists command, the logical way to look at this is by asking the question "Does the file exist?". The only two possible outcomes are "no" or "yes". I think most people would agree that a negative outcome in this situation would be "no" and therefor a "0" and a positive outcome a "yes" or a "1".

Why is it then we have, and I quote: "If the named file does exist, the statement returns 1, otherwise zero is returned."

If this can be, and should be, switched, can we get it done? It drives me bonkers...

Thanks

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...just found that the online help is not the same as the PDF...

"Returns 1 if the given file is located..."

So the PDF is stale....yay...never mind...sigh...
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easter bunny
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Posted: 7th Feb 2017 02:43
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Even if it was the other way, it would not be wise for TGC to change this as it would break almost every single project made that uses this command.

If you have issues like this in the future, you can probably workaround it something like this:


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OpusTheFowl
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Posted: 7th Feb 2017 04:44
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Thanks EB...I'll probably switch to yuor suggestion.

Cheers.
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Ortu
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Posted: 7th Feb 2017 07:04
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Quote: "If the named file does exist, the statement returns 1, otherwise zero is returned."


Quote: "Returns 1 if the given file is located..."


these both are saying the same thing though... if the file exists, return 1, otherwise if the file does not exist, return 0

I'm not sure what the problem is

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Posted: 7th Feb 2017 12:17
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I have to agree with Ortu... Both descriptions say the same thing...
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Posted: 10th Feb 2017 00:33
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Full disclosure...I don't even know what I was talking about

It was at the end of a long day and I typed here before I really thought about it...There was a bug in my prog that inverting what was expected and I initially mistook GetFileExists as the problem...

...I'l just slink away now...
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easter bunny
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Posted: 10th Feb 2017 04:42
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Quote: "Full disclosure...I don't even know what I was talking about "

Neither did anybody else but I was pretty happy with my workaround so I was chill to just post it here and let you use it however you wanted

Quote: "...I'l just slink away now..."

Just nuke your posts nobody need ever know [/joke]

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