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Cescano
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Posted: 27th Jul 2015 07:44 Edited at: 27th Jul 2015 07:44
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Is there a way to delete a directory without having to clear all the files inside? the delete directory command works only if the directory is empty
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Posted: 27th Jul 2015 09:58 Edited at: 27th Jul 2015 09:59
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This code will delete the directory with all files and sub-folders.

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Posted: 27th Jul 2015 10:27
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Wicked function

Out of curiosity, why do you need to delete directories Cescano?

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Posted: 27th Jul 2015 17:55
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Because when you extract a .pak file a folder is created, and after loading the media I need to remove that temporary folder with all the content inside
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Posted: 27th Jul 2015 19:18
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I don't know if I am doing something wrong, the texture folder is removed, the sounds folder is still there for some reason
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Posted: 27th Jul 2015 20:25
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I am having a headache, if I try to compile the game with these .pak implemented, the game doesn't compile and highlight the 2nd file of the project where i recall:

path = get dir$()
dirName = path+"\TextureExtract"
DeleteDirectory(dirName)


If I try to set path and dirName as globals it runs, but when the game loads the data it crashes
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Posted: 27th Jul 2015 20:37
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Probably it crashes because just the 1st attempt to delete the directory works, the 2nd folder I try to delete doesn't work, I am stuck
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Posted: 27th Jul 2015 20:52
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For some reason the function seems to be a one time deal. I will see if I can fix this when I get home from work tonight.
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Posted: 27th Jul 2015 20:53
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Thank you for your help Wicked
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Posted: 28th Jul 2015 00:43
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I have also tried to use this function:




and calling it using this one for example:



It seems to work if I load the menu, but when I load the game's data the program crash, probably because of too many files deleted and Windows close the process for security reason?
We discovered a new earth but we couldn't even delete a folder without crashing the program, sometimes things are more complex than what they should be
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Posted: 28th Jul 2015 02:53
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I have been able to let it work using the last function I mentioned, so dbpro commands only, it seems, what was wrong is that when I have created the .pak files I have used the "open to write" command inside the folder to copy, so that the .pak just created was included in the final .pak file, giving errors when opening the files from it.

The only problem I have noticed is that using the packs there is a bit of lag in some moments, for example when I try to change music (as I delete the current song and load a new one, so I should open the .pak file into a folder, and then remove the content and the folder), nothing huge but having the files open in the normal folders wasn't giving me any lag before, probably this is the cost to have a minimum protection for the files (so that normal people could not access my media directly).
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Posted: 28th Jul 2015 10:05 Edited at: 28th Jul 2015 10:11
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Now, I remember the problem with using that API in DBPro. The SHFILEOPSTRUCT structure strings need to be double NULL terminated. For that reason I wrote the attached single function Plug-In a year or two ago. If the folders you’re deleting only contain files and no sub-folders then you can stick with your method.

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Posted: 28th Jul 2015 10:09 Edited at: 28th Jul 2015 10:10
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WickedX will probably provide the more easy solution; but if all else fails, you may need to hard code the operation with a few recursive functions. I have a file querying snippet here; but this will only provide you with information about files in a directory, and it will not search sub directories.

lol, just posted this almost at the same time as WickedX

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Posted: 28th Jul 2015 21:19 Edited at: 28th Jul 2015 21:22
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I have been able to fix the lag when entering buildings, previously I was extracting the Whole .pak folder to take a random music to play, now I use read fileblock to extract just the file I need from the main music.pak file, thanks to some posts in the forums here I have been able to let work this command which used "normally" doesn't work.
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Nevermind, I just noticed that the same song was taken from the pack, so to skip and take the last file for example, it would lag as much as using read dirblock and extract the Whole folder, isn't there a way to grab a file from a .pak file without following the order of the files? It's just stupid that I have to extract 20 songs if I want to take the number 21
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