Documentation error? win.CreateFolderWatcher

[Rob H]

According to the help


FWatcherObj = win.CreateFolderWatcher ( string EventString, int EventDevice, string Folder, int Flags, int Recursive);


I'm calling it like this :

local folderWatcher = win.CreateFolderWatcher('LDJ_FOLDER_CHANGE', 18, dir, 31, 1)
But I get the following error:


bad argument #3 to 'CreateFolderWatcher' (number expected got string)

BTW it would be nice if the logger could hold more lines (it seems to be limited to 49) and also had a copy function. Oh, and a timestamp would be good too while I'm at it.

[Promixis]

Rob,

I just found that last night. Will fix it shortly.

Mike

[Rob H]

But what's the correct parameter order?

[Ron]

And here is the update with the parameters according to the documentation.

There is also new functionality, function calling instead of events.


function FolderChanged ()

print ("Folder changed")

end

local FolderWatcher = win.CreateFolderWatcher (win.GetDirectory ("GIRDERDIR"),FolderChanged,383,1)


Have fun.

[Rob H]

Thanks Ron.

Is the function call in addition to the event? ie pass a string if you want an event or pass a function if you want a function/

[Promixis]

--[[

FolderWatcher = win.CreateFolderWatcher (folder,eventstring,deviceid,flags,recursive)

OR

FolderWatcher = win.CreateFolderWatcher (folder,function,flags,recursive)

FolderWatcher is non nil if successful

--]]

function FolderChanged ()

print ("Folder changed")

end

local FolderWatcher = win.CreateFolderWatcher (win.GetDirectory ("GIRDERDIR"),FolderChanged,383,1)

local file = assert(io.open(win.GetDirectory ("GIRDERDIR").."\\text.txt", "w"))

file:write ("testing folder watcher")

file:close ()

[Rob H]

Just a little reminder to update the help to reflect this change