Problem with path to me and app on different computers

Scripting Forums AppleScript Studio & Xcode
#1

Hello,

I have a Applescript Studio App in which I declare a variable like following:

property mac_path : ((path to home folder) as string) & ".test:"

When I build a release and try to run the app on another computer I get problems because it seems xcode evaluates path to home folder in the build and not at runtime.

Anybody knows anything about this?

Other than that I have the default Project Build Settings. But “Alternate Install Owner” and “Install Owner” has the value of my account name. Don’t know what this means, but that’s the only place i can find my account name (path to home folder) in clear text.

#2

Hi,

never use properties with relative path values.
You’re right: the expression will be evaluated at compile time and is not portable

#3

So i have to declare it as missing value en then i some handler use path to.
Will that work?

#4

Yes, declare it as missing value or empty string and define it in one of the initializing handlers (awake from nib, will finish launching, launched)