app.path help

[UfoPilot]

GlacierI'm using a flash file on a form and am using movie=app.path &
"\mymovie.swf" in my code. It works but when I copy all the files to a
floppy it no longer works. Does app.path not work from floppies?

[michiel de bruijn]

Hi Patrick,

>I'm using a flash file on a form and am using movie=app.path &
> "\mymovie.swf" in my code. It works but when I copy all the files to a
> floppy it no longer works. Does app.path not work from floppies?

App.path works just fine in that case -- it's your code that is causing the
problem by always appending a backslash to it.

If your app resides in a subdirectory, App.path will return something like
'C:\foo'. In the case your app is in the root of a drive, the result is
'C:\'

The correct code therefore is:

Movie = App.Path
If Right(Movie, 1) <> "\" Then Movie = Movie & "\"
Movie = Movie & "MyMovie.swf"

'//mdb

[Larry Rebich]

UfoPilot,

Some months ago I wrote a tip of the month that I call 'Get Path, Name or
Extension'. Link to http://www.buygold.net/tips.html then look for the May
1999 tip of the month. I included a function called 'AddBackslash' which
tests a folder's name and if it does not contain a right most backslash then
it adds one.

In your sample you would change your code to something like:

movie=AddBackslash(app.path) & "mymovie.swf"

Cheers,
Larry Rebich

More tips link to:
http://www.buygold.net/tips.html

Please:
No personal e-mail questions :-)


"UfoPilot" <patrickn@grapevine.net> wrote in message
news:39e8e071@news.devx.com...
> GlacierI'm using a flash file on a form and am using movie=app.path &
> "\mymovie.swf" in my code. It works but when I copy all the files to a
> floppy it no longer works. Does app.path not work from floppies?
>
>
>

[UfoPilot]

Thanks, I knew it had to be something simple. It was late..what can I
say...
"Larry Rebich" <lrebich@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:39e93565$1@news.devx.com...
> UfoPilot,
>
> Some months ago I wrote a tip of the month that I call 'Get Path, Name or
> Extension'. Link to http://www.buygold.net/tips.html then look for the May
> 1999 tip of the month. I included a function called 'AddBackslash' which
> tests a folder's name and if it does not contain a right most backslash
then
> it adds one.
>
> In your sample you would change your code to something like:
>
> movie=AddBackslash(app.path) & "mymovie.swf"
>
> Cheers,
> Larry Rebich
>
> More tips link to:
> http://www.buygold.net/tips.html
>
> Please:
> No personal e-mail questions :-)
>
>
> "UfoPilot" <patrickn@grapevine.net> wrote in message
> news:39e8e071@news.devx.com...
> > GlacierI'm using a flash file on a form and am using movie=app.path &
> > "\mymovie.swf" in my code. It works but when I copy all the files to a
> > floppy it no longer works. Does app.path not work from floppies?
> >
> >
> >
>
>