Frontier file path problems

[Michel Benevento]

you can get the path to your home folder using 

file.folderFromPath (file.getSpecialFolderPath (nil, "desktop folder", false))

it's a little clumsy, but perhaps you can use it to get where you want.

so long,
michel

>Hello:
>
>I keep DocServer here:
>{"OSX:Users:douglas:Documentation:DocServer:"}
>rather than here:
>{"OSX:Users:douglas:Applications:Frontier:Documentation:DocServer:"}
>
>I can type "~/Documentation/DocServer" into an open file dialog in OSX,
>but I can't use the same convention in Frontier.
>
>e.g In a modification of <system.menu.scripts.openHelpPage>
>I've added the line below to the <getLocalPath> handler so Frontier can 
>find DocServer.
>localPaths = localPaths + ("~/Documentation" + pc + folderNames[i] + 
>pc + fname)
>
>However, Frontier doesn't find the directory because it doesn't resolve 
>the path.
>
>How does one get around this problem?
>
>DW
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