Externally reffed-off

[Richmond Mathewson]

Although "/" was mentioned in the post to which I replied I have come across
places (not sure where: Windows?) where the itemDelimiter for pathways is
a backslash "\" . . .

Richmond.

On 10/1/2018 9:02 pm, Stephen Barncard via use-livecode wrote:
> We can count on you, Richmond to ask the questions that the rest of us are
> afraid to ask
>
>   thanks for being here,  grumpy or not
>
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> On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 10:50 AM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
>> Presumably the itemDelimiter should be "/" ?
>>
>> Richmond.
>>
>>
>> On 10/1/2018 2:47 pm, Mike Bonner via use-livecode wrote:
>>
>>> you still need to set the itemdelimiter for it to work Richmond, otherwise
>>> its not able to count items.
>>>
>>> Also, I thought part of the issue was that you were referencing a folder
>>> that is NOT in the application bundle using the copy files pane of the
>>> standalone settings.  This is why using specialfolderpath("resources")
>>> doesn't work.
>>>
>>> Since you said you placed the app bundle next to the folder in question,
>>> setting the itemdelimiter to "/" and then grabbing items 1 to -5 should
>>> solve the problem.  (You had set the itemdel in your original example
>>> which
>>> is why I didn't bother to include it (or the rest of the handler.)
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 5:25 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode <
>>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Richmond,
>>>> Am 10.01.2018 um 13:23 schrieb Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <
>>>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
>>>>
>>>>> And, IF, I were to try to port the thing to Android or iPad/iPhone would
>>>>> specialfolderpath "do it" over there as well?
>>>>>
>>>> yes, as stated in the dictionary!
>>>>
>>>> Richmond.
>>>> Best
>>>>
>>>> Klaus
>>>> --
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>>>> http://www.major-k.de
>>>> klaus at major-k.de
>>>>
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