Folks, This alarms me. In my app, I write a file to specialFolderpath(“desktop”). What are the conditions to make this work on Apple or Windows standalones?
Bill William Prothero https://earthlearningsolutions.org > On Mar 28, 2021, at 10:22 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Hi friends, > >> Am 28.03.2021 um 19:11 schrieb R.H. via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: >> ... >> ... put specialfolderpath("resources") &"/temp.txt" into tFilePath >> ... put tOut into URL("binfile:"&tFilePath) >> ... > > you may already know this, but this will not work in a standalone! > We will surely not have write permissions in that folder! > > As a workaround I would probably use -> specialfolderpath("temporary") > Or even write the text to -> the tempname > > Both are available on all platform and you do not have to think about > deleting that file later, the OS will take care of this. :-) > > > Best > > Klaus > -- > Klaus Major > https://www.major-k.de > https://www.major-k.de/bass > kl...@major-k.de > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode