SpecialFolderPath("resources") workaround for Windows

Klaus major-k klaus at major-k.de
Fri Oct 21 12:09:18 EDT 2016


Hi Graham,

> Am 21.10.2016 um 18:00 schrieb Graham Samuel <livfoss at mac.com>:
> 
> In LC 8.1.1, I have just become aware of Bug 18295 - specialFolderPath(“resources”) on Windows standalone doesn’t generate a path at all.
> This is a show-stopper for me. Can anyone suggest a workaround which would work for any normal user environment?

on Windows if your exe starts up, "the directory" is the folder where the exe resides in.
Store this on "preopenstack" in a variable or custom property and use this one.

> TIA
> 
> Graham

Best

Klaus

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