Deleting files in gallery and storage

Hi Markos,
I can't think how attaching reports might affect the photo/file deletion process.
Are you printing out the actual photos and files or just the links?
Can you attach your project and I'll try and have a look?
Derek.

I can't think why it should stop working if all you've done is add some reports.
Can you attach your project?

Hello MarkoS,
To get the images to display on a report that I added, I had to specify the full path in the 'copy to' option (see screenshot1 and screenshot2). 
So having had to do that, I was able to simplify the script at the same time (and also correct a bug that I found - my bad!).
Perhaps you could try this new code in your project and see if it fixes your earlier problem?
Obviously, you'll need to change the full paths in the 'copy to' properties to point to where you intend to store your images and files.
Derek.

MarkOS,

I've just happened along before Derek,  so long as, you have a similar file structure on the other PC, the script should work.

In other words so long as the exe file has the 'gallery' and 'storage' folders in the same place the code will work.

What won't work would be if you store the photos in another folder/directory on the other PC.

The  (extractFileDir(application.exename) function will always look for folders in the folder where the exe file is.

MarkOs,

It looks like I misunderstood your original post. You will need to either use the Windows Public folder to store your images  or make a folder off of your program exe folder.

I'm assuming the other PC does not have the file path C:\Users\Marko\   your alternatives are:

Have a path such as C:\some_folder\filedelete2a\gallery\ or write code to convert your links to equivalents on another PC.

The 'User' folder in Windows tends to be set to 'read only' so is not always a good place to store files.

Depending on your program and how you wish to deploy it it may or may not be worth the extra work in writing code to find the current_user_path and then convert your link by substituting your C:\Users\MarkOS to C:\Users\some_other_person.

Personally I would make a folder in a neutral part of the drive (that is any path but one that contains your user name) and the link will always be the same on any PC.

You would need to put into your script something like the following:

CONST
DIR = 'c:\filedelete2a\gallery\'

procedure gallery;
begin

ForceDirectories(DIR);

end;

That would need to be called in your forms'  'ON SHOW ' event or you could just place the code  ForceDirectories(DIR) straight into it and not call a procedure.