Where is applications folder on OSX

[Richard Miller]

Not sure how to solve this.

    put specialfolderpath("apps") & "/videos" into mainfolder

The above line does create the correct pathway to this folder in 
Applications. However, I then need to set the filename of a player to a 
video inside that folder.

    put mainfolder & "/test1.mov" into fname
    set the filename of player 1 to ("file:///" & fname)

I need to use the "file:///" syntax because this is being done through 
revweb in a browser (which seems to require this syntax... unlike a 
regular player in a standalone). Using the above, the filename in the 
player will NOT be correct, however, because the player requires the 
users HD name to be right after "file:///".

In other words:

This doesn't work for the filename of the player:

    file:///Applications/videos/test1.mov

This works:

    file:///Macintosh HD/Applications/videos/test1.mov

I'm not sure how to correct this. None of the OSX specialfolderpath 
returned values contain the HD portion of the pathway.

Suggestions?

Thanks.
Richard Miller



Colin Holgate wrote:
>
> On Nov 2, 2009, at 1:26 PM, Richard Miller wrote:
>
>> Is there a simple and reliable way to know where the primary 
>> Applications folder is under OSX? Is there a specialfolderpath() to it?
>
> The help on specialfolderpath goes into great detail, and also points 
> to this handy page:
>
> http://developer.apple.com/legacy/mac/library/documentation/Carbon/Reference/Folder_Manager/Reference/reference.html 
>
>
> From that you can work out that this will give you the Applications path:
>
> put specialfolderpath("apps")
>
>
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