Re: Mobile - missing? files added in copy files pane of standalone builder

2017-07-16 Thread Terry Judd via use-livecode 
Thanks for the advice Jacqueline - I use the resources folder for writing/ 
reading files to/from all the time but haven't been in the habit of using the 
copy files pane for adding resources. I'll give all that a go.

Terry...

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> On 17 Jul 2017, at 7:58 am, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode 
>  wrote:
> 
> The app structure respects the folder hierarchy you had during development. 
> For easiest access everywhere, put your folders inside the one that holds the 
> mainstack.
> 
> Then use specialFolderPath("resources") in your scripts to refer to the 
> subfolders. That function will return the mainstack's folder during 
> development, and the path to the subfolders in a standalone on any platform.
> 
> Macs no longer allow assets in the engine folder, so 
> specialFolderPath("resources") translates to the place where your subfolders 
> actually reside. That is, even if your script refers to the engine folder, 
> the function will look in the resources folder.
> 
> You don't need to create a resources folder on your hard drive, that is done 
> automatically when the standalone is built. Just make the other folders 
> sub-directories of the mainstack's folder and include them in the copy files 
> pane.
> 
>> On 7/16/17 3:09 PM, Terry Judd via use-livecode wrote:
>> Ok, so when adding files in the ‘copy files’ pane I can only include files 
>> that are in the same folder (on disk) as the stack file if I want them to 
>> end up in the engine/home folder? I though assuming that the paths that are 
>> listed in the ‘Non-stack files in the application’ represent the location of 
>> the original file but that when the standalone was built they are all be 
>> copied into the same folder in the app? I thought I’d added externals this 
>> way in the past and had them work for example.
>> Terry...
>> On 17/07/2017 5:27 am, "use-livecode on behalf of J. Landman Gay via 
>> use-livecode" > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>> On 7/15/17 8:05 PM, Terry Judd via use-livecode wrote:
>> > If I add files that are in the same folder as the stack file in the 
>> copy and then in the app (simulator or real device) if I ‘put the files’, 
>> then the added files are included in the listing. However, if the added 
>> files are in a different folder (e.g. “stuff/test.pdf”) then they don’t show 
>> up. Should they, or is there something that I’m missing?
>> >
>> > LC 8.1.6 (rc1)
>>  That's expected behavior, the files function isn't recursive. By
>> default, it returns only files in the default folder but you can specify
>> a different folder by adding an optional folder parameter.
>>  Over the years a few people have posted recursive directory walk
>> scripts, but since you already know the folders included in the
>> standalone it's probably easier to just ask for each listing
>> individually if there aren't too many.
>>  --
>> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com
>> HyperActive Software   | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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Re: Mobile - missing? files added in copy files pane of standalone builder

2017-07-16 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode 
The app structure respects the folder hierarchy you had during 
development. For easiest access everywhere, put your folders inside the 
one that holds the mainstack.


Then use specialFolderPath("resources") in your scripts to refer to the 
subfolders. That function will return the mainstack's folder during 
development, and the path to the subfolders in a standalone on any platform.


Macs no longer allow assets in the engine folder, so 
specialFolderPath("resources") translates to the place where your 
subfolders actually reside. That is, even if your script refers to the 
engine folder, the function will look in the resources folder.


You don't need to create a resources folder on your hard drive, that is 
done automatically when the standalone is built. Just make the other 
folders sub-directories of the mainstack's folder and include them in 
the copy files pane.


On 7/16/17 3:09 PM, Terry Judd via use-livecode wrote:

Ok, so when adding files in the ‘copy files’ pane I can only include files that 
are in the same folder (on disk) as the stack file if I want them to end up in 
the engine/home folder? I though assuming that the paths that are listed in the 
‘Non-stack files in the application’ represent the location of the original 
file but that when the standalone was built they are all be copied into the 
same folder in the app? I thought I’d added externals this way in the past and 
had them work for example.

Terry...

On 17/07/2017 5:27 am, "use-livecode on behalf of J. Landman Gay via use-livecode" 
 wrote:

 On 7/15/17 8:05 PM, Terry Judd via use-livecode wrote:
 > If I add files that are in the same folder as the stack file in the copy 
and then in the app (simulator or real device) if I ‘put the files’, then the 
added files are included in the listing. However, if the added files are in a 
different folder (e.g. “stuff/test.pdf”) then they don’t show up. Should they, or 
is there something that I’m missing?
 >
 > LC 8.1.6 (rc1)
 
 That's expected behavior, the files function isn't recursive. By

 default, it returns only files in the default folder but you can specify
 a different folder by adding an optional folder parameter.
 
 Over the years a few people have posted recursive directory walk

 scripts, but since you already know the folders included in the
 standalone it's probably easier to just ask for each listing
 individually if there aren't too many.
 
 --

 Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com
 HyperActive Software   | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
 
 
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Re: Mobile - missing? files added in copy files pane of standalone builder

2017-07-16 Thread Terry Judd via use-livecode 
Ok, so when adding files in the ‘copy files’ pane I can only include files that 
are in the same folder (on disk) as the stack file if I want them to end up in 
the engine/home folder? I though assuming that the paths that are listed in the 
‘Non-stack files in the application’ represent the location of the original 
file but that when the standalone was built they are all be copied into the 
same folder in the app? I thought I’d added externals this way in the past and 
had them work for example.

Terry...

On 17/07/2017 5:27 am, "use-livecode on behalf of J. Landman Gay via 
use-livecode"  wrote:

On 7/15/17 8:05 PM, Terry Judd via use-livecode wrote:
> If I add files that are in the same folder as the stack file in the copy 
and then in the app (simulator or real device) if I ‘put the files’, then the 
added files are included in the listing. However, if the added files are in a 
different folder (e.g. “stuff/test.pdf”) then they don’t show up. Should they, 
or is there something that I’m missing?
> 
> LC 8.1.6 (rc1)

That's expected behavior, the files function isn't recursive. By 
default, it returns only files in the default folder but you can specify 
a different folder by adding an optional folder parameter.

Over the years a few people have posted recursive directory walk 
scripts, but since you already know the folders included in the 
standalone it's probably easier to just ask for each listing 
individually if there aren't too many.

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HyperActive Software   | http://www.hyperactivesw.com


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Re: Mobile - missing? files added in copy files pane of standalone builder

2017-07-16 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode 

On 7/15/17 8:05 PM, Terry Judd via use-livecode wrote:

If I add files that are in the same folder as the stack file in the copy and 
then in the app (simulator or real device) if I ‘put the files’, then the added 
files are included in the listing. However, if the added files are in a 
different folder (e.g. “stuff/test.pdf”) then they don’t show up. Should they, 
or is there something that I’m missing?

LC 8.1.6 (rc1)


That's expected behavior, the files function isn't recursive. By 
default, it returns only files in the default folder but you can specify 
a different folder by adding an optional folder parameter.


Over the years a few people have posted recursive directory walk 
scripts, but since you already know the folders included in the 
standalone it's probably easier to just ask for each listing 
individually if there aren't too many.


--
Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software   | http://www.hyperactivesw.com


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Mobile - missing? files added in copy files pane of standalone builder

2017-07-15 Thread Terry Judd via use-livecode 
If I add files that are in the same folder as the stack file in the copy and 
then in the app (simulator or real device) if I ‘put the files’, then the added 
files are included in the listing. However, if the added files are in a 
different folder (e.g. “stuff/test.pdf”) then they don’t show up. Should they, 
or is there something that I’m missing?

LC 8.1.6 (rc1)

Terry...
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