How to in LC for Desktop and the Web?

[Brian Milby]

As I understand it, #1 doesn’t really work… it needs to be served from a web server.  When you test in the IDE, it actually serves it from a server instance that is started for that purpose.

As for building the paths, I’m not exactly sure but do know that stuff in the “copy files” section ends up in the package and virtual file system that is used in the running app.

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> On Dec 9, 2021, at 6:36 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Following up (in case someone has an answer):
> 
> I see in the description for SpecialFolderPath(), that under HTML5 (platform) the following are available:
> "temporary": A folder where temporary files can be placed
> "engine": The folder where the standalone initial file system is extracted
> "resources": The resources folder where files or folders specified in the Standalone Builder are located.
> 
> But where do these point to:
> 
> 1) When the HTML5 app is running from the local file system (say Windows) in a browser
> 
> VS
> 
> 2) When the HTML5 app is running from a server URL in a browser
> 
> If no one knows the answers, I can always run a set of tests to determine the values.
> 
> 
>> On 11/24/2021 7:15 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote:
>> I have an LC application that currently runs on Window and macOS, that I want to try to get running under LC 10 for the web. One characteristic of the app is that it opens a number of external stacks. On desktop platforms, these external stacks (outside the .EXE (windows) or .app package (macOS) are found in a folder at the same level as the installed application.
>> 
>> So if the app is installed at C:\Program Files\MyApp\MyApp.exe
>> The the folder containing the external stacks is at C"\Program Files\MyApp\FolderOfStacks\
>> 
>> I get the path of the mainstack and use it to construct the path to the folder
>> 
>> If I build for Web, is there some equivalent model for external stacks?
>> 
>> I get that I may need to have a:
>> 
>> switch platform()
>>   case "Win32"
>>   case "macOS"
>>      -- load external stacks the way I do now
>>      break
>>   case "web"
>>      -- load external stacks some other way
>>     break
>> end switch
>> 
>> but what is the web best practice for that 'some other way"? And is it different if I am testing locally vs hosting MyApp on a server?
>> 
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