SpecialFolderPath("resources") workaround for Windows

[Phil Davis]

Hi Graham,

I ran into this same problem just yesterday. I too found that the 
'resources' path was empty in the standalone even though it contained 
the path to the app stack when viewed in the IDE. So I'm using the 
filename of the stack as my source for a self-made 'resources' folder in 
the standalone.

Phil Davis


On 10/21/16 9:37 AM, Graham Samuel wrote:
> I don't understand that Dictionary entry at all. There are no facilities for specifying a   resource folder in the Standalone settings. I still don't see where the builder puts my (non-mainstack) resources, nor how my script can refer to it.
>
> Can't help feeling I'm being stupid...
>
> Graham
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On 21 Oct 2016, at 18:13, Bob Sneidar <bobsneidar at iotecdigital.com> wrote:
>>
>>  From the dictionary for SpecialFolderPath:
>>
>>
>>   *   "resources": In development mode, the current stack's folder. In a standalone, the resources folder where files or folders specified in the Standalone Builder are located.
>>
>> Since you set this in the standalone builder, create a constant with that path.
>>
>> Bob S
>>
>>
>> On Oct 21, 2016, at 09:10 , Bob Sneidar <bobsneidar at iotecdigital.com<mailto:bobsneidar at iotecdigital.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Isn't the resources path for Windows the path to the mainstack?
>>
>> Bob S
>>
>>
>> On Oct 21, 2016, at 09:00 , Graham Samuel <livfoss at mac.com<mailto:livfoss at mac.com><mailto:livfoss at mac.com>> wrote:
>>
>> In LC 8.1.1, I have just become aware of Bug 18295 - specialFolderPath(“resources”) on Windows standalone doesn’t generate a path at all.
>>
>> This is a show-stopper for me. Can anyone suggest a workaround which would work for any normal user environment?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Graham
>>
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