PATHNAME problem
VL2008
is this a correct way to specify pathname ?
pathname = "C:try"
is this a correct way to specify pathname ?
pathname = "C:try"
It depends what you are trying to do with the path.
Igor has a concept of a "symbolic path"; you create one with the NewPath operation. Read about symbolic paths by executing this command on Igor's command line:
DisplayHelpTopic "Symbolic Paths"Certain operations in Igor that need a file name can take a string expression with a path to the file. In that case, your example would work as long as pathname is the name of a string variable.
If you are asking about the use of Macintosh-style paths (even on Windows!) then you can read about that by executing this command:
DisplayHelpTopic "File System Issues"John Weeks
WaveMetrics, Inc.
support@wavemetrics.com
May 1, 2008 at 11:25 am - Permalink