forgot this... set OK = baPrintFile( the moviePath &"CHOBE.doc") this is exactly what i mean... it works because the moviepath ends with ":"
fabrice Venetia Daniolos wrote: > Could someone tell me how to set the path from a Director movie sitting > inside folder A to a Microsoft Word document sitting inside folder B on a > mac. > Folder A and folder B sit side by side on a cdrom. > > I need to make the Word document print or open up from the Director movie. I > can do this quite easily on a PC with the following code: > > set OK = baPrintFile( the moviePath &"..\Word Documents\Lodges\CHOBE.doc") > > but I'm having a terrible time trying to make it find the same file when on > a mac. I've tried all kinds of configurations of @ and : , as well as "the > moviePath" and still can't make it happen. > > When the document is in the same folder as the Director movie it opens and > brings up the print dialogue box perfectly with: > > set OK = baPrintFile( the moviePath &"CHOBE.doc") > > I'd appreciate any help offered. > > Best Regards > Venetia Daniolos > > Russell and Associates > 19 Bath Avenue > Parkwood 2121 > South Africa > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to >http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for >learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
