RE - defaultFolder usage

Ken Ray kray at sonsothunder.com
Mon Jul 15 15:41:01 EDT 2002


Actually, guys, it *does* work in Windows, just not in all *versions* of
Windows. For example, in Windows 2000 it will work just fine. However in
Windows XP, it won't. Filippo, what version of Windows are you using?

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/


----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard Bornstein" <bornstein at designeq.com>
To: <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 2:24 PM
Subject: Re: RE - defaultFolder usage


> Hi Filippo,
>
> Here's an easy solution for the Mac and Unix:
>
> answer folder "Select  the default folder..."
> -- I choose, e.g., "C:/Documents and Settings/Filippo/Documenti"
> if it is not empty then
> set the defaultFolder to it
>   put the defaultfolder into df
>   put "/" after df
> put df -- to check it
>
> answer file "Select the file..." with df
> end if
>
> But according to the docs: "Cross-platform note:  The defaultPath
> parameter applies only to Mac OS and Unix systems. On Windows systems,
> this parameter has no effect."
>
> Since your example indicated a windows system, this may not be too
> helpful.
>
> Howard Bornstein
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