Reading files in a folder

[metachief]

I was trying to make a music player a while ago, but gave up because I could not figure out how to read music files from a folder. I know making a music player with turing is a stupid idea, but I'm just experimenting... Anyway if anyone could help me with this it would be great.

[apomb]

try a little

Turing:

Music.PlayFile(<Relative Path\Filename>)

on for size
EDIT: Relative path instead ...

[metachief]

Thats obvious, but iwas look more for a way to list all of the files in the folder as a list on the music playlist.

[apomb]

ah, then you would simply have an array of filenames read in from a playlist file and that variable would then be substituted in for the file to play.

This is problem Solving 101.

[metachief]

how would i go about reading and storing the names in the folder into the array. that was my question. it's not like a text document where you can use the command open.

[apomb]

yes it is...

Turing:

openfile

just read each line in, assign each to an array element, and VOILA.

then do a

Turing:

loop music.playfile(array[x]) end loop

[metachief]

But how do i get th elist of files from the folder with turing. Without specifying the file names my self. Same thing as reading the words in a text document except in a folder composed of music files...

[riveryu]

Use Turing's Dir.Get to determine the filenames and type by their extension, store them in an array. Then play music to them according to user choice. Be sure to have a solid background on the Dir module though.

[apomb]

Oh ok, i thought you were wanting to create a playlist in a file, using the music file names, then read that list... sorry for the misunderstanding, and yes, the Dir. module would work just as riveryu says.

[metachief]

Thanks for the help guys.