Re: Universal or general path to desktop?
Re: Universal or general path to desktop?
- Subject: Re: Universal or general path to desktop?
- From: MR <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 22:22:11 -0800
Thanks Ben and Malcolm,
but I don't see how that will help. A ((path to desktop folder as
string)) will be different for every desktop. e.g. the example I gave
specific to my desktop is
"Macintosh HD: users:Mike:desktop:PDFfiles:"
whereas the path to another desktop might be
"Payables HD:users:Linda:desktop:PDFfiles:"
Also, where is testing for current system version going to help? I
already test for current platform to test for OSX or OS9.2.
I need to be able to point the script to a folder that is already on
each desktop (PDFfiles) so that following scripts can put PDF files
into that file. I've got it working on my computer. Now I need it to
work on any desktop that has a folder with that name.
Mike
On Monday, April 7, 2003, at 08:54 PM,
email@hidden wrote:
Message: 13
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 12:50:32 +1000
To: email@hidden
From: Malcolm Fitzgerald <email@hidden>
Subject: Re: Universal or general path to desktop?
Mike,
On Monday, April 7, 2003, at 09:57 PM, MR wrote:
I need to make the following line, within an Applescript within a
Filemaker script, able to work on any desktop within the office,
whether running OSX or OS9.2:
set sourceFolder to
"MacintoshHD:Users:username:desktop:fileondesktop:"
The above is specific to OSX on one desktop and I need it to work
on one of several different desktops.
Try...
set sourceFolder to ((path to desktop folder as string) &
"fileondesktop") as string
And if that solution isn't sufficient you can use FMPs built-in
functions to test for status(CurrentSystemVersion) and provide code
accordingly.
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