Re: Finding the 'Applications' folder on a Mac

2018-01-05 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
That IS handy! Bob S > On Jan 5, 2018, at 03:08 , Graham Samuel via use-livecode > wrote: > >> ... >> put specialfolderpath("apps") into tApplicationFolder >> ... >> >> Found this and more gemns here: >> >> >>> Graham >> >> B

Re: Finding the 'Applications' folder on a Mac

2018-01-05 Thread Graham Samuel via use-livecode
Gems indeed! If they always work, I wonder why the mother ship hasn’t incorporated them into the LC Dictionary. Anyway thanks Klaus, and of course thanks Ken Ray. Graham > On 4 Jan 2018, at 23:59, Klaus major-k via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi Graham, > >> Am 04.01.2018 um 23:46 schrieb Gr

Re: Finding the 'Applications' folder on a Mac

2018-01-04 Thread Klaus major-k via use-livecode
Hi Graham, > Am 04.01.2018 um 23:46 schrieb Graham Samuel via use-livecode > : > > It looks to me that specialFolderPath doesn’t give a way of finding the > /Applications folder on a Mac (or presumably the equivalent on a PC). If one > is running a standalone which has been placed in the Appli

Re: Finding the 'Applications' folder on a Mac

2018-01-04 Thread Mark via use-livecode
On Mac OS X, user applications are in "~"& $USER & "/Applications" Global applications are in /Applications On Windows, you use specialfolderpath(38). My book has an appendix with all folder numbers and names. Op 04-01-18 om 23:46 schreef Graham Samuel via use-livecode: It looks to me that