Finding the current folder ?

[Gordon Tillman]

Hi Alex,

Try something like this:

function getDefaultFolder
	set the itemDelimiter to "/"
	get the filename of this stack
	return item 1 to -2 of it
end getDefaultFolder

--gordy

On Oct 21, 2004, at 16:01, Alex Tweedly wrote:

>
> I want to place my app in a folder, and then when it runs, have it 
> read (and write) files in that folder. I don't want to query the user 
> for the file names - it should simply use the files in the same 
> directory as the app is installed.
>
> I've been using something like
>> function getDefaultFolder
>>   put the long name of this stack into thisFolder
>>   put char 2 to -1 of the second word of thisFolder into thisFolder
>>   set the itemDel to "/"
>>   put item 1 to -2 of thisFolder into thisFolder
>>   return thisFolder
>> end getDefaultFolder
>
> which works fine whether in the IDE or in standalone, and works fine 
> when built into an executable and installed on other machines.
>
> BUT - it doesn't work on Dreamcard Player. If you run he player, and 
> then load the stack from there, the above function returns empty (in 
> fact, the "long name of this stack" is simply
> <<stack "stackname">> where in the other cases it would be <<stack 
> "D:/path/filename.rev">>
>
> Note that dreamcard appears to return the format for a long name, but 
> instead of giving the filename of the stack, it gives, in quotes, the 
> shortname of the stack.
>
> Is this a bug (I'm guessing it is) ?
> Or am I doing something wrong ?  (and if so, what ?)
>
> Any other suggestion for how to find the folder the app is stored in ?
>
> btw - if you run the stack in Dreamcard by double-clicking on it, and 
> having an association with the Dreamcard player, then it does this as 
> I would expect. Unfortunately, it does various other things wrongly, 
> and Mark tells me this is not a supported way to run Dreamcard stacks 
> - see BZ 2138)
>
> Thanks
> -- Alex.
>
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