FolderItem.SaveInfo
From Xojo Documentation
Method
FolderItem.SaveInfo(relativeTo As FolderItem, saveInfoMode As FolderItem.SaveInfoModes = FolderItem.SaveInfoModes.Default) As String
New in 2019r2
Supported for all project types and targets.
New in 2019r2
Supported for all project types and targets.
Allows saving FolderItem references without relying on the absolute path.
Notes
The returned String is binary data that indicates a path which is relative to the supplied RelativeTo folder. You may pass Nil to indicate that you do not care for a relative resolution of the path (this is, for instance, still useful on macOS where renamed and moved files can still be found with the FolderItem.FromSaveInfo function nonetheless).
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The returned String is not intended to be human-readable and any modifications may render it useless. |
Example
Gets the SaveInfo for a file. Typically you save this somewhere (perhaps a preference file) so the file can be recreated later using FolderItem.FromSaveInfo.
Var myFile As FolderItem = SpecialFolder.Documents.Child("MyFile.txt")
Var saveInfo As String = myFile.SaveInfo(SpecialFolder.Documents)
Var saveInfo As String = myFile.SaveInfo(SpecialFolder.Documents)