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The following script to split a file into 50 MB chunks works fine in the Mac version.

do shell ("split -b50m" && theFile)

But not being familiar with Windows I'm having problems getting my head around how to do the same in the Windows version.

Duh, of course use the shell command, all sorted.

With a txt file > 1GB, on the Mac I would use Terminal to split the file into say 50MB chunks with the following command "split -b50m NameOfFile.txt"
I don't want to archive it by zipping or stuffing, I just want to split it.

How can I do the same from within an App?

Thanks for that, all makes sense now.

Can't find an answer to this in any of the documentation.

Whenever I save a standalone application on the Mac, when running the app, the name I gave it appears in the title bar but always has * an asterisk at the end of the name.

Why?

Thanks folks for these two good examples that put me in the right direction. I ended up making use of the "dateItems" format, adding the number of anticipated seconds for the repeat loop to item 6 of this container. Then converted it back to time format to display the actual time the process would f...

I have a repeat loop processing a large data file. I can get "the seconds" when it starts, and when it finishes the first pass. Knowing how many repeats are involved, I can estimate how long the process will take. But how can I add this value to the start time in order to display "Estimated finish t...

Thanks folks, found useful stuff in the lessons.
It's just a case of knowing where to look first.

Looking in the user manual there is info on using D&D within an app.

But is it possible to drop a preferences file on a standalone app to cause it to launch and load those preferences on start up?

Or am I missing something?

Thanks.