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[Klaus major-k]

Hi Richmond,

> Am 10.01.2018 um 13:20 schrieb Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
> 
> Well, YOUR LiveCode, MY LiveCode, EVERYONE'S LiveCode:

ah, snappish answers! 
A typical reaction after having been caught! :-D

> YOUR recipe worked.
> Thanks a bucket!

You're welcome!

> Richmond.
> 
> On 10/1/2018 2:01 pm, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote:
>> Hi Richmond,
>> 
>>> Am 10.01.2018 um 12:57 schrieb Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
>>> 
>>> My "problem" Klaus is that I don't know YOUR LiveCode,
>> that's why I wrote "Know YOUR Livecode" and not "Know MY Livecode", Sir! :-)
>> 
>>> but I do know MY LiveCode.
>>> 
>>> I have a theory that once one has been working inwith a system for many years
>>> one's methods and mindset become fixed in a way that may not be very useful.
>> But you know specialfolderpath("resources") and the fact that everything you add to
>> your standalone(s) via the "Copy files..." tab in the standalone builder settings can be
>> found in that sepcialfolderpath in the standalone?
>> 
>>> Best, Richmond.
>>> 
>>> On 10/1/2018 1:32 pm, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote:
>>>>> Am 10.01.2018 um 12:17 schrieb Mike Bonner via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Change it to..
>>>>> set the defaultfolder to item 1 to -5 of the effective filename of this
>>>>> stack
>>>>> 
>>>>> and it should work. I don't have an available mac to test though, so
>>>>> tweakage might be necessary. (not likely though its pretty
>>>>> straightforward)
>>>>> 
>>>>> You can put it in an if block if you want so that if the environment is
>>>>> development you use the first method, else you use the second.
>>>> Know your Livecode! :-)
>>>> ...
>>>> set the defaultfolder to specialfolderpath("resources")
>>>> ...
>>>> 
>>>> This should however not be neccessary since relative pathnames that work in
>>>> the IDE should also work in a standalone and actually do!

Best

Klaus

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