[javascript-dev] Re: Re: Re: creating files problem in a standalone

Quote: Emmanuel Jourdan wrote on Tue, 22 January 2008 08:15
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> On 22 janv. 08, at 08:55, Jean-Baptiste Thiebaut wrote:
> 
> > I changed the name of my function to "_save()" and the same problem   
> > occurs: the data can not be saved when the function is called from a  
> > standalone, while it works when it is called from Max.
> >
> > I'm not too sure where the file would be created though. When the  
> > function is called from Max, the file is created in the same folder  
> > that contains the JS file. Within a standalone in Mac OS, where  
> > should the file be created anyway?
> 
> Can you try to provide an absoulte path to your File object? You may  
> use the max.apppath property to find where the standalone is.
> 
> ej
> 
> 
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Trying this, I had another unexpected error: 

function _save(n)
{

	var f = new File("bkp","readwrite"); 
	f.foldername = max.apppath; //this makes the both max and the standalone crash
}