External file path name - Windows

[GregWills]

Hi Everyone

Probably a simple question, but I have been looking for a few days for a solution. I think I have tried every combination of variations to get this to work, but no success yet!

I want to launch an external .html file (on a memory stick) from a stack (on the same memory stick). The following works fine on a Mac, but I can't get the correct syntax for Windows users.

get the platform
if the platform is "MacOS" then
launch url "file:Care/welcome.html" -- this one works on Mac
end if
if the platform is "Win32" then
launch url "file\Care/welcome.html"
end if

These are a few others I have tried in desperation!!
launch url "file:Care/welcome.html"
launch url "file:/Care/welcome.html"
launch url "file\\Care/welcome.html"
launch url "file/Care/welcome.html"
launch url "file//Care/welcome.html"

Any assistance will be gratefully received.

Cheers

Greg

[Simon]

Hi Greg,
The easy way is to;

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on mouseUp
answer file "pick a file"
answer it
end mouseUp

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put it

is kind'a better as you can copy and paste it.

Simon

[GregWills]

Thanks for the suggestion Simon

I've played with that approach, but I want the web page to launch with the one click, as the person using the program won't know that they are looking for the welcome.html file.

cheers

Greg

[Simon]

Hi Greg,
Is the path known by you?

Simon

[GregWills]

Hi Simon

Yes. It is in a folder 'Care'. The Livecode stack will be in same level as the 'Care' folder.

The Mac format to refer to and open the 'welcome.html' file works fine. It's just that the syntax for Windows users is eluding me

cheers

[Simon]

Well it should be

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  put the filename of this stack into tPath
  set the itemdel to "/"
  delete last item of tPath
  put "/" after tPath
  launch document tPath & "welcome.html"

Oh I see... you don't need the "file:

Simon

[jacque]

You could also use specialFolderPath("resources") which will get the correct path to the resource folder on any OS. Your setup is already correct, with the Care folder at the same level as the stack.

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put specialFolderPath("resources") & "/Care/welcome.txt" into tPath

This will work on any desktop or mobile OS.

[GregWills]

Thanks Simon.
I used your script to see what was going on under the hood. The path was ok, just the url syntax wasn't launching the web browser (as I was expecting, because it was fine on a Mac). However the 'launch document' syntax did the trick. Brilliant.

Hi Jacque, thanks for your script. Seeing your name again reminds me of Revolution days Hope all is well over your way.

cheers

Greg

[jacque]

Hi Jacque, thanks for your script. Seeing your name again reminds me of Revolution days Hope all is well over your way.

Greetings back. Some things never change, everybody is stuck with me for better or worse.