Win98 loses path

Thomas J McGrath III 3mcgrath at adelphia.net
Thu Jan 8 10:12:35 EST 2004


On Jan 8, 2004, at 2:04 AM, Dar Scott wrote:

>
> On Wednesday, January 7, 2004, at 10:57 PM, Thomas J McGrath III wrote:
>
>> OK, my relative paths are messed up!!
>>
>> I put the autorun.inf file at the root level of my CD. It points to 
>> "open=unity\UnityCD.exe" where the executable is in a folder called 
>> "Unity". In that same folder is my images folder called "media".
>> Anyway, it works and auto runs the standalone app on Win XP and Win 
>> 2000.
>
> Some ideas...
>
> Does double clicking on the app allow the images to be seen?
> If so, then for Windows, something might be amiss with the 
> defaultFolder.
>
> You might...
> 1. try displaying it in a test version and go from there.
What kind of test? like one image and a close box?

> 2. try putting a copy of media at the root.
That sounds interesting

> 3. try testing for this situation and changing the defaultFolder.
That's the problem. I have so many scripts that use variations of the 
defaultFolder that should work.

> 4. try fiddling with a batch file that changes the working directory 
> or something.
That would not work for me since I am on a Mac.

> Are your image paths like this:  media/bell.gif
> Or like this: ./media/bell.gif
> ?
media/slide1.png

> I have some vague memory of the working directory being different for 
> 98 and 2000 with autorun, but I don't know what is what.
>
> If you have to get something out the door, you might try #2.  It is 
> ugly, but it might work.
I am trying #2 right now. get back to you.....

Tom
> Just some ideas.
>
> Dar Scott
>
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