Local files in browser widget

[Devin Asay]

On Jul 11, 2019, at 9:34 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
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> I think I asked this before but it isn't working now. I thought specialFolderPath("resources") was okay for read-only files. It fails on Android.
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> put specialFolderPath("resources") & "/tFolder/tFile.html" into tPath
> set the url of widget "browser" to ("file://" & tPath)
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> I get an error that the file was not found. It's there, the folder was included in the Copy Files pane in standalone settings. When I insert an answer dialog to view the path, there's a string that ends with "...base.apk/tFolder/tFile.html" so I think that's right.
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> Do I need more or fewer slashes?

J,

I don’t think you need the slashes after file: at all. (“file:” & specialFolderPath(“resources”) & “/tFolder/tFile.hmtl”) should do it.

Also check case on folder and file names. Case matters in mobile file systems in my experience.

D


Devin Asay
Director
Office of Digital Humanities
Brigham Young University