help: can't find external files

[nike]

hi list

i have created an installer for my director presentation, which adds my app
the start menu in its own program group folder & also a shortcut on the
desktop.

my problem is when i run the installed application from the start
menu\programs or from a desktop shortcut my linked external pdf files cannot
be found. However if i go to the installation folder on the HD using windows
explorer and run my application from there the linked external pdf files are
found.

i have tried all kinds of methods to try & rectify this problem today but
with nish success!! help!

any advice most welcome

[Ned]

BuddyAPI and it's baSetCurrentDir function ?

hth
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| hi list
|
| i have created an installer for my director presentation, which adds my
app
| the start menu in its own program group folder & also a shortcut on the
| desktop.
|
| my problem is when i run the installed application from the start
| menu\programs or from a desktop shortcut my linked external pdf files
cannot
| be found. However if i go to the installation folder on the HD using
windows
| explorer and run my application from there the linked external pdf files
are
| found.
|
| i have tried all kinds of methods to try & rectify this problem today but
| with nish success!! help!
|
| any advice most welcome
|
|

[Andrew Morton]

> my problem is when i run the installed application from the start

> menu\programs or from a desktop shortcut my linked external pdf files cannot
> be found.

How have you linked them? If you set their filenames with member(x).filename=the
moviePath & "pdf\whatever.pdf" then they will work. Alternatively, although not
preferable, you can set the working folder in the shortcut.

Andrew

[Mark A. Boyd]

On 04 Dec 2003, "Andrew Morton" <akm@in-press.co.uk.invalid> wrote:

>> my problem is when i run the installed application from the start
>> menu\programs or from a desktop shortcut my linked external pdf files
>> cannot be found.

>
> How have you linked them? If you set their filenames with
> member(x).filename=the moviePath & "pdf\whatever.pdf" then they will
> work. Alternatively, although not preferable, you can set the working
> folder in the shortcut.

This was enough to make me look into my old installer code (well, not THAT
old, I did just update it to take advantage of Buddy API 3.6 inclusion of
baCopyFileProgress, etc.).

It seems I'm using baCreatePMIcon for icons in the program group.
Apparently it automatically fills in the "Start in" field of the shortcut.
For icons on the deskTop, I'm using baMakeShortCutEx with the working
folder parameter included.

I don't know, but I suspect DirectOS and FileXtra have their equivalents to
include the working folder.


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