On 3/24/2015 10:26 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
In apps where the media I'm playing resides in a single folder, I often
just have a central handler cover that to which I pass the file's short
name only and it takes care of the rest, e.g.:
on PlayMovie pFile
put specialFolderPath("documents")&"/MyApp/media/"& pFile into tPath
if there is not a file tPath then
answer "Media file missing: "& tPath
exit to top
end if
play tPath
end PlayMovie
That's exactly what I do too, I've never trusted relative paths. I use
this method for all file types, not just movies, but I turn it into a
function so I can call it for any kind of file:
function pathToFile pName
put specialFolderPath("documents")&"/MyApp/media/"& pName into tPath
return tPath
end pathToFile
This works great and is portable everywhere. If there are several
folders involved, I use a switch statement inside the function, or else
pass the folder and file names both in the parameters.
--
Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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