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Newcomers AppGameKit Corner / GetFirstFile... gets the last file?!

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DavidAGK
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Posted: 18th Sep 2015 23:38
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I have a directory with files Tile_0001.png, Tile_0002.png etc. GetFirstFile() seems to get the last file by name...so I'm guessing it gets the most recent (latest datestamp) file....is that right or am I just confused?!?!

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Posted: 19th Sep 2015 01:37
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I've just given this a try and I'm seeing what you're seeing: the first file seems to be the most recently created file (not the most recently modified).

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Would be nice to have a flag that enables you to dictate the basis of what is deemed the "first" file. For example 1 for alphabetic, 2 for reverse alphabetic, 3 for earliest time stamp etc. Then to have this aldo affect the GetNextFile command.

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The fix is to load all the file names into an array, then sort the array and use it to load the files.

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Thanks.

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