Thanks for the advice Jacqueline - I use the resources folder for writing/
reading files to/from all the time but haven't been in the habit of using the
copy files pane for adding resources. I'll give all that a go.
Terry...
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> On 17 Jul 2017, at 7:58 am, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
> The app structure respects the folder hierarchy you had during development.
> For easiest access everywhere, put your folders inside the one that holds the
> mainstack.
>
> Then use specialFolderPath("resources") in your scripts to refer to the
> subfolders. That function will return the mainstack's folder during
> development, and the path to the subfolders in a standalone on any platform.
>
> Macs no longer allow assets in the engine folder, so
> specialFolderPath("resources") translates to the place where your subfolders
> actually reside. That is, even if your script refers to the engine folder,
> the function will look in the resources folder.
>
> You don't need to create a resources folder on your hard drive, that is done
> automatically when the standalone is built. Just make the other folders
> sub-directories of the mainstack's folder and include them in the copy files
> pane.
>
>> On 7/16/17 3:09 PM, Terry Judd via use-livecode wrote:
>> Ok, so when adding files in the ‘copy files’ pane I can only include files
>> that are in the same folder (on disk) as the stack file if I want them to
>> end up in the engine/home folder? I though assuming that the paths that are
>> listed in the ‘Non-stack files in the application’ represent the location of
>> the original file but that when the standalone was built they are all be
>> copied into the same folder in the app? I thought I’d added externals this
>> way in the past and had them work for example.
>> Terry...
>> On 17/07/2017 5:27 am, "use-livecode on behalf of J. Landman Gay via
>> use-livecode" <use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of
>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>> On 7/15/17 8:05 PM, Terry Judd via use-livecode wrote:
>> > If I add files that are in the same folder as the stack file in the
>> copy and then in the app (simulator or real device) if I ‘put the files’,
>> then the added files are included in the listing. However, if the added
>> files are in a different folder (e.g. “stuff/test.pdf”) then they don’t show
>> up. Should they, or is there something that I’m missing?
>> >
>> > LC 8.1.6 (rc1)
>> That's expected behavior, the files function isn't recursive. By
>> default, it returns only files in the default folder but you can specify
>> a different folder by adding an optional folder parameter.
>> Over the years a few people have posted recursive directory walk
>> scripts, but since you already know the folders included in the
>> standalone it's probably easier to just ask for each listing
>> individually if there aren't too many.
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