<yawn/> wow. I ignore a thread and this happens, lol.
On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 9:45 PM, Stephen MacLean <smacl...@madmansoft.com>wrote: > Forget I wrote that... after seeing the other responses. > > Best, > > Steve > > On May 14, 2014, at 9:41 PM, Stephen MacLean <smacl...@madmansoft.com> > wrote: > > > Hi Scott, > > > > If you just want to access the files, that are local to you: > > > > /Users/<yourusername>/Dropbox/ > > > > It's just like any other folder on your mac. > > > > You can get that by doing Command - i or get Info > > > > Best, > > > > Steve > > > > On May 14, 2014, at 4:33 PM, Scott Rossi <sc...@tactilemedia.com> wrote: > > > >> > >> On 5/14/14 12:55 PM, "J. Landman Gay" <jac...@hyperactivesw.com> wrote: > >> > >>> On 5/14/14, 1:59 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: > >>>> Right, I'm not looking to upload/download, I'm trying to get a > >>>> Dropbox-formatted file path. > >>> > >>> I had to deal with that in AirLaunch and I don't think it's possible > >>> without asking the user at least once. After you do that you can > >>> generate links using the same format, as long as the files are in the > >>> same folder as the one the user supplied. > >>> > >>> Dropbox generates a different cryptic string for each folder. The > >>> general format is: > >>> > >>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/<long random string>/filename.txt > >>> > >>> As long as a file is in the same folder, you can use that URL and just > >>> replace the filename at the end with a different one. But since each > >>> folder has its own random string, you can't know what the URL will be > >>> for any other location. > >>> > >>> The Dropbox app probably knows, but it isn't telling. > >> > >> > >> Actually, I'm trying to work out a solution for myself, not for other > >> users, and this is for local files with Dropbox installed, not using the > >> web service. Pretty sure the cryptic string is based on the filename as > >> it's different for every file in the same folder, and replacing a file > >> with one of the same name generates the same shared link. > >> > >> A right-click on the file is able to retrieve this link, so I'm hoping > >> there's some way to do this through the system. Because there's a bit > of > >> delay before the link is revealed, I'm guessing there's a web/server > query > >> going on behind the scenes. The dropbox.py script is supposedly able to > >> grab the link, but again, only on Linux it seems. > >> > >> Maybe the Dropbox gurus out there (Guglielmo? Andre?) can chime in and > >> say if this is hopeless. > >> > >> Thanks for the responses. > >> > >> Scott Rossi > >> Creative Director > >> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, "This is good." _______________________________________________ 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
