[

	/*	to-do: have extensions based on LassoSite settings	*/

	define_tag:'lp_include_directory',
		-description='Includes every file found in a given directory with the extension .lasso, .las, .inc, .incl.',
		-priority='replace',
		-required='directory',-copy,
		-optional='ignoreprefix';

		// save error so we won't overwrite it with our protect below
		local:'_ec' = error_code;
		local:'_em' = error_msg;
		lp_error_clearError;

		#directory = lp_file_trimPath: #directory;

		// check for -ignorePrefix
		if: !(local_defined:'ignoreprefix');
			local:'ignoreprefix' = 'dummy value';
		/if;

		// check for -subdir option
		if: params->(find:'-subdir')->size > 0;
			local:'subdir' = true;
		else;
			local:'subdir' = false;
		/if;

		// check for -silent option (supresses error messages)
		if: params->(find:'-silent')->size > 0;
			local:'silent' = true;
		else;
			local:'silent' = false;
		/if;		

		// get file listing
		local:'listing' = (lp_file_listdirectory: #directory);
		
		// sort in alpha order
		#listing->sort;
		
		// load item by item
		local:'return' = string;
		iterate: #listing, local:'item';
			if: #item->(endswith:'.lasso') || #item->(endswith:'.las') || #item->(endswith:'.lassoapp') || #item->(endswith:'.inc') || #item->(endswith:'.incl');
				protect;
					namespace_using:'_page_'; // makes any ctags defined within include available to calling page
						#return += (include: #directory #item);
					/namespace_using;
					handle_error;
						if: !#silent;
							#return += '<br>Error loading ' #directory #item ' - the error is ' error_currenterror '<br>';
						/if;
					/handle_error;
				/protect;
			else: #subdir && #item->(endswith:'/') && !(#item->(beginswith: #ignoreprefix));
				// recursively call
				#return += (lp_include_directory: (#directory #item), -subdir);
			/if;
		/iterate;

		// restore the error, if any
		error_code = #_ec;
		error_msg  = #_em;
	
		return: #return;
	
	/define_tag;

]