I'm almost there. The reason I'm looking into this is because I'm setting the filename of a player control to the name of a mp3 file on a remote computer.
I thought I had it all working but the player control does not like filenames with an ampersand in them. I tried escaping the ampersand with a "\" character (that's what I see if I drag the filename into a Terminal window) but still no joy. Same problem with filenames including an apostrophe. I'm guessing there are other characters that cause the same problem Any ideas? 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 9:56 AM, Peter Haworth <p...@lcsql.com> wrote: > 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
