FileXtra v2.0.5 for Director 5 & 6

I have written the FileXtra for Director v5 and later for use in my own multimedia projects. I am making it available to anyone who wants it at no charge. I am retaining all rights to the Xtra, the documentation and sample movie. Individuals are free to distribute FileXtra as long as the accompanying documentation and sample movie goes with it.

The package for each platform contains the Xtra(s), documentation and a sample movie. The PC package is in .zip format. The Macintosh package is in Stuffit (.sit) format. A free expander program for both .sit and .zip formats can be downloaded at http://www.aladdinsys.com/.

FileXtra v2.0 has the following methods:

DriveExists - check to see if a drive is present

DriveFreeSpace - get the number of bytes free on the drive

DriveIsCDROM - see if the drive is a CD-ROM drive

DrivesToList - returns a Director list of all of the drives in the system

 

FileExists - check to see if a file is present

RenameFile - rename a disk file

DeleteFile - delete a file

CopyFile - copy a file

GetFileModDate - get the last modified date/time for a file

FileOpenDialog - display a system "file open" dialog box

FileSaveAsDialog - display a system "save file as" dialog box

 

DirectoryExists - see if a directory is present

CreateDirectory - create a directory

DeleteDirectory - delete an empty directory

XDeleteDirectory - deletes a directory tree, including sub-directories and their files

CopyDirectory - copy files from one directory to another

XCopyDirectory - copies an entire directory tree

DirectoryToList - returns the contents of a directory as a Director list

In the Windows version of FileXtra, the FileExists, DeleteFile and CopyFile methods all take wildcards.

To download the Macintosh package, click here.

To download the PC package, click here.

To see the documentation on-line in HTML format, click here.

Mac v2.0.5 bug fix: If a user clicked the Cancel button in the FileOpenDialog() method, the returned string would be garbage characters instead of the empty string (""). The Xtra now correctly returns the empty string when Cancel is clicked.

PC v2.0.4 bug fix: Fixed a bug in DriveIsCDROM() for cases where the passed string is longer than 16 characters.

PC v2.0.3 bug fix: While v2.0.2 fixed the problem with DriveExists(), it did not fix DrivesToList(). This has now been fixed. This problem only manifested itself under Windows 95/NT with the 32-bit Xtra.

PC v2.0.2 bug fix: On Windows 95 machines under certain conditions, such as compressed or partitioned drives, DriveExists and DrivesToList would miss a drive.

Macintosh v1.1 bug fix: The created & modified dates for files created by the copy routines now match those of the source files. "Desktop" and icon information are also now copied to the new file.

PC v1.1 bug fix: On Windows 3.1 systems, the "modified" date for files created by the copy routines now match those of the source files. This now matches the behavior of the 32-bit Xtra (FileUtil.x32).