>>Hi All,
>>
>>I have a method that returns a string if there is no file in a directory. I have stepped through this and watched this line get set to an empty string but when it comes back to the calling line of code, it is null. I am missing something and wonder if it is the way I did the while statement. Any ideas appreciated.
>>Thanks for the help
>>Tim
>>
>>When the return from PopQueue is set to "" then in my while statement the value of fileName is null. Why would this be?
>>

>>while ((fileName = this.PopQueue(path, filter)) != "" && llSuccess)
>>{
>>    // Do all my stuff here, process each file returned until no more files are returned.
>>}
>>

>This line while ((fileName = this.PopQueue(path, filter)) != "" && llSuccess)
>is a bit strange.
>
>I would try to create a separate variable
>

>string fileName;
>
>fileName = this.PopQueue(path, filter);
>
>while (fileName !="" && llSuccess)
>(
>   fileName = ..;
>  do stuff
>}
>

>>
The problem with this Naomi is the fileName variable would never change since it occurs prior to the while loop.  I need to reset fileName as what drives the loop.  I agree it is a bit funky to read but why does fileName get set to "" and then be null when it gets back to here?  I don't understand that.
Tim

Timothy Bryan