strategies for the default "answer file"

Richard Gaskin ambassador at fourthworld.com
Wed Sep 3 15:52:01 EDT 2003


Alex Rice wrote:

> Sorry to chime in your thread with additional questions, but what would
> folks expect to happen with this transcript code?
> 
> answer file "pick a file" with specialFolderPath("unknown ID")
> 
> Where the unknown ID is not defined for a particular platform. (e.g.
> "Documents" not working on MacOS platform, even though OS X has a
> Documents folder).

Use:   put specialfolderpath("docs")

A list of Apple constants for "special" folders is at:
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Carbon/Reference/Folder_Manager/fo
lder_manager_ref/constant_6.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30000238/C006889>

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