Setting Paths to Media in Standalone

[Sivakatirswami]

Jim Ault wrote:
> try
>
> effective filename
>
> and perhaps add:
>
> answer "The file path I am using as SA is " & cr & tPath
> --to see what is happening and ---------
> get tPath &"/" & "testFile.txt"
> put "test write" into url ("file:/"& it)
>
> if there is a file it then
>    answer "Successfully created a file" & cr & it
> else 
>    answer "Could NOT create a file" & cr & it
> end if
> --------------
> Could be a permissions issue.
>
>
>   

Well it was two things. Copying files under from my machine to the Kiosk 
machine and the files all  had me as the owner...

second thing was I got bit by the OS app=package=folder and filename 
"is" deep inside here.

delete item -4 to -1 of tPath  gets you back to the proper enclosing 
folder. After that, my movies started working.

But, I for the life of me I am unable to get the path to externals to 
work... (see separate subject)


> On 11/23/07 2:17 PM, "Sivakatirswami" <katir at hindu.org> wrote:
>
>   
>> It's the old "can you find media files relative to me" issue...
>>
>> I have a splash screen with a small movie to be run on load.
>>
>> splash-stack-is-here.rev/
>>    media/ # a folder
>>         movie1.mov
>>        movie2.mov
>>
>> OK, My preopenstack handler says:
>>
>>