Thanks Kay and Kee, your suggestions put me on the right track. Kay: there is a mount command available though Terminal but I've never used it so don;t know if it would do what you're suggesting.
Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> Home of lcStackBrowser <http://www.lcsql.com/lcstackbrowser.html> and SQLiteAdmin <http://www.lcsql.com/sqliteadmin.html> On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 3:39 AM, Kay C Lan <lan.kc.macm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Kee, > > that had me confused and I looked a little deeper. It appears that > I've just been lucky in the simple URL way I've been accessing files > across my LAN - this is as tested on OS X 10.9.5. > > The URL method I posted earlier, and the open file for read methods do > NOT seem to work unless the actual network folder the file resides in > is mounted on your system - i.e. the Eject symbol needs to present not > just the server and or folder icon visible. After a quick test the > simplest way I've found within LC to mount the network folder/file and > get the exact path name is to use - answer folder/file > > answer file "Choose a file:" --navigate to a network TEXT file to test > put "file:" & it into tFilePath > put URL tFilePath into msg > > For ages I've been using LC to 'do as AppleScript' to tell BBEdit to > open a network file. I've then been using the 'put URL xxxx into tVar' > and 'put tContent into URL xxxx' without a hiccup. I didn't realise > that LC needed the file to be mounted first and BBEdit was doing it > automatically for me. > > Does anyone know if there is a command to force OS X to mount a folder > that you have appropriate access rights to? I can think of a million > reasons why you would want to bypass the 'answer folder/file' step. It > would be nice if either the put URL, or open file methods > automatically mounted the folder, or a 'mount fiolder' command that > acted like a faceless 'answer folder'; you gave it a folder path and > it mounted just like answer folder/file is doing now but without the > dialog box. > > If no one knows of a faceless way to mount a folder on OS X I can put > in an enhancement request. > > Do those on Win and Linux have automatic mounting of network > folders/files or is this a problem on those platforms as well? > > Oh and one last thing. One MAJOR difference between the URL method and > the open file for read method. If you use open file for read, whilst > ever it is open if you try and unmount the server/folder, i.e. click > on the Eject icon, you will get a System warning telling you "The disk > xxxxx couldn't be ejected because LiveCode is using it". With the URL > method it is possible to Eject the server/folder without any warning > so may unwittingly stop your stack from doing what it's suppose to. > > I think I better go back and change my URL method to open file for read. > > _______________________________________________ > 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
