So, as someone who only uses terminal apps written in fpc ( since
ibuilder isn't really that usable and writing interface generating
code is still beyond me despit trying for 4 years) Could you please
post a copy of a code segment that shows how you performed this little
marvel of finding
Ken G. Brown wrote:
Basically from point of sale system running on Macintosh, I needed
to pick up a file with a known name located in the same folder as
the application bundle, and process it for printing in a custom
format. This way it does not need the file path hard coded in case
it is
On 06 Feb 2009, at 17:05, Frank Peelo wrote:
Ken G. Brown wrote:
Basically from point of sale system running on Macintosh, I needed
to pick up a file with a known name located in the same folder as
the application bundle, and process it for printing in a custom
format. This way it does not
At 4:05 PM + 2/6/09, Frank Peelo apparently wrote:
Ken G. Brown wrote:
Basically from point of sale system running on Macintosh, I needed
to pick up a file with a known name located in the same folder as
the application bundle, and process it for printing in a custom
format. This way it does
On 05 Feb 2009, at 08:54, Ken G. Brown wrote:
How can I find the directory path to the executable of the currently
executing program from within the program?
Or alternately, how can I specify the relative path to a file that
is located in the same folder as the application bundle for my
Thx for the quick response!
I think I'm almost there. I seem to have a bundlePath : CFURLRef; but I don't
quite know what to do with it. How do I convert it to something I can use in a
Reset() to open a file?
Thx,
Ken G. Brown
At 10:29 AM +0100 2/5/09, Jonas Maebe apparently wrote:
On 05 Feb
On 05 Feb 2009, at 17:03, Ken G. Brown wrote:
Thx for the quick response!
I think I'm almost there. I seem to have a bundlePath : CFURLRef;
but I don't quite know what to do with it. How do I convert it to
something I can use in a Reset() to open a file?
If you enter CFURLRef in the
Whew! Thx!
I was part way through all that but wasn't sure what I could pass to reset();
Digging through it now. I haven't dealt with this stuff before.
Ken
At 6:24 PM +0100 2/5/09, Jonas Maebe apparently wrote:
On 05 Feb 2009, at 17:03, Ken G. Brown wrote:
Thx for the quick response!
I think
On 05 Feb 2009, at 21:29, Ken G. Brown wrote:
So far I have the following external definitions:
All external definitions you need are already in the MacOSAll unit
shipped with FPC.
Function CFStringGetFileSystemRepresentation(myPathString :
CFStringRef; buffer : ppchar; maxBufLen :
At 9:51 PM +0100 2/5/09, Jonas Maebe apparently wrote:
On 05 Feb 2009, at 21:29, Ken G. Brown wrote:
So far I have the following external definitions:
All external definitions you need are already in the MacOSAll unit shipped
with FPC.
Function CFStringGetFileSystemRepresentation(myPathString
Thanks a bunch for all the help!
My legacy OS 9 app is now upgraded to OS X and working!
It put up a hell of a fight but with all your help, the obstacles have been
overcome.
Awesome!
Ken G. Brown
At 9:51 PM +0100 2/5/09, Jonas Maebe apparently wrote:
You have to allocate memory for it.
MacOS X, 10.5.6, fpc 2.2.2
How can I find the directory path to the executable of the currently executing
program from within the program?
Or alternately, how can I specify the relative path to a file that is located
in the same folder as the application bundle for my currently executing
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