Get Info by right-clicking on the filder. You can set the permission for th= at folder under Sharing and Permissions. But there may be some other issues= involved with enhanced security features.=20
Bob S > On Jun 5, 2025, at 10:36 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode <use-livecode@l= ists.runrev.com> wrote: >=20 > I know most macOS users have full admin of their computers, but in some o= f our users are students on university lab systems where permissions are re= stricted. >=20 > I have run into a problem where 'the detailed folders' is failing with an= execution error "get: error in expression: (Line 2695, column 9)" > thePath is the path to a folder, including the folder. For example: /User= s/Paul/Documents/My Research/Study123/Sources > 'Sources' is a folder. > The pathTo function return the path to that folder, example: /Users/Paul/= Documents/My Research/Study123 >=20 > The problem code snippet is: >=20 > set the defaultFolder to pathTo(thePath) -- so in this example, defaultFo= lder is set to /Users/Paul/Documents/My Research/Study123 > if there is a folder thePath then -- As there is a folder /Users/Paul/Doc= uments/My Research/Study123/Sources, this is true > get the detailed folders -- line 2695 error! > end if >=20 > The 'get the detailed folders' should have returned to me the detailed in= formation for the folder 'Sources" (assuming that is the only folder in the= Study123 folder) >=20 > This works where the user has full permissions > This has worked in the past where the has not had write permission to the= target folder > This blew up under 15.5.0 (latest Sequoia update). Neither I, nor the poo= r student, know what the permissions were or how to find out. They may not = even have access to the same computer the next time they use the lab. Of co= urse, I could assume all lab computers are configured the same. However, th= e student is udner a deadline (like many student) and probably does not hav= e time to troubleshoot this further as saving to a different location worke= d. >=20 > I can always enclose the 'get detailed folders' in a try...end try and tr= ap the error, but I am wondering is anyone know what is going on? This is u= nder LC 9.6.13 standalone. >=20 > If they don't have permission, I just want to warn them, so I can do it w= ith a try..end try, but this all has me curious if Apple ever further sand = boxing just broke another LC feature. >=20 > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscript= ion preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
