Would this help you in setting the defaultfolder
on preOpenStack set itemDel to "/" set the defaultfolder to item 1 to -2 of (the effective fileName of this stack) end preOpenStack > From: dvglas...@gmail.com > Subject: Paths in Mac standalone headache > Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2015 11:37:55 +0100 > To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > In my apps openstack script I setup a path for saving and getting results > using specialfolderpath(“documents”), and put that in a global gresultspath > > I use that to access results in a couple of places within substacks, using a > fairly standard script. This works fine in development, and fine on Windows > standalone. > > In all cases on the Mac the results files are never loaded, because the path > isn’t properly set. I bunged in a debugging field to see what is happening: > > on mouseUp > global gresultspath > put the defaultfolder into toldefault > set the defaultfolder to gresultspath > > -- whats going on with the results path? > put “Was " & toldefault & return & “Should be " & gresultspath & return > & "Is " & the defaultfolder into field “whatsgoingon" > > put the files into ttemp > filter ttemp without ".DS_Store" > filter ttemp without "template" > put ttemp into field "resultsfiles" > set the defaultfolder to toldefault > end mouseUp > > On Windows the path is set as expected. On Mac, wherever I move the app to, > the default folder doesn’t get set, and the files which are put into ttemp > are any within the folder containing the app. So, the debugging field > reports: > > Was = correct path > Should be = correct path > Is = path to the standalone > > I am using 6.7.4 on Snow Leopard > > Any suggestions? > > > > Best wishes, > > David Glasgow > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
