On 23/7/00 6:42 am, Sivakatirswami <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am missing something very basic.
>
> Goal: A standalone needs to save start up data--but cannot do so except on a
> Mac, solution: write preference files to disk
>
> on mouseUp
> put the directory & "proxyPrefs.txt" into tPath
> put tPath into msg
> put "204.148.111.2" & ":"& "8080" into url ("file:"&tPath)
> end mouseUp
>
> The above works, but, if I try to add a sub-directory to the path:
I don't understand how the above can work: don't you need a "/" before the
"proxyPrefs.txt"?
> on mouseUp
> put the directory & "/data/proxyPrefs.txt" into tPath
> put tPath into msg
> put "204.148.111.2" & ":"& "8080" into url ("file:"&tPath)
> end mouseUp
>
> this doesn't work. Why?
Does the folder "data" exist? What does the result contain after you run
the put into URL?
Regards,
Kevin
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