how to adress a users folder on Mac OSX

Devin Asay devin_asay at byu.edu
Thu Jan 18 11:23:27 EST 2007


On Jan 18, 2007, at 9:00 AM, Phil Davis wrote:

> Hi Richard,
>
> Here's one way:
>
>
> -- button script
> on mouseUp
>   put ($HOME & "/Library") into tTargetFolder
>   set the defaultFolder to tTargetFolder
>   put the files into fld 1
> end mouseUp
>
>
> "$HOME" is an environment variable - always there, no need to  
> define it.

Here's another approach:

put put specialFolderPath("cusr")  & "/Library" into tTargetFolder
set the defaultFolder to tTargetFolder
put the files into fld "LibContents"

Devin

Devin Asay
Humanities Technology and Research Support Center
Brigham Young University




More information about the use-livecode mailing list