Strange pathname in "put the filename" command

[Mark Schonewille]

Hi Francis,

Keep in mind that *.app is not a file but a folder. The stack is  
somewhere inside that folder. The path returned by the (effective)  
filename is correct.

Best,

Mark

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Op 1-mrt-2009, om 12:47 heeft Francis Nugent Dixon het volgende  
geschreven:

> Hi from Brittany (spring is coming and the mimosa will be out soon),
>
> I'm running Revolution 3.0 on an Intel iMac.
>
> I create a stack called Mainstack which I store in a folder.
> You would guess correctly if you thought it was a splashstack.
>
> In "openStack", when I execute the command "put the filename
> of this stack into field MyStackName",
> I read "/Revolution/RawStacks/MainStack.rev" which is perfectly
> normal, because that is where the stack is. I can strip out the
> stack name to get the path to the folder.
>
> I compile this stack into a standalone on my desktop, with one
> option "Intel Only". This standalone is now in a folder "MainStack"
> containing a file "MainStack.app"
>
> I move the file "MainStack.app" into another folder which contains all
> my compiled standalone stacks.
>
> When I execute the command  "put the filename of this stack into field
> MyStackName", I expect to see "/Revolution/StandaloneStacks/ 
> MainStack.app",
> because that is where the stack is. I need this path, because I  
> want to
> be able to call one of the standalones from MainStack (choosing  
> from a list)
>
> Instead, I read "/Revolution/StandaloneStacks/MainStack.app/ 
> Contents/MacOS/MainStack".
>
> Where did this path come from ? Of course, I can always throw away  
> the part
> of the path "/Contents/MacOS/MainStack", but this doesn't satisfy  
> my curiosity .....
> I imagine (haven't tested it yet) that this part of the path will  
> be different
> if I move to a PC. What rules govern the creation of this path ?
>
> I see from the Rev Dictionary that the "filename of stack" is  
> different for a
> standalone - "the filename of stack property reports the name and  
> location of
> the application". Why is "Name and location" different from "Path" ?
>
> Thanks for any pointers.
>
> -Francis
>