get(desktoppath)

[kiwiora]

Hi everyone,

Just to ensure I'm not being delusional, does everyone concur that there is a bug with get(desktoppath).

For starters it's putting in / instead of which is easy enough to fix, but it also puts an extra / in front of the string i.e

C:Documents and Settings{name}Desktop

Subsequently, I can't get it to open up my users file on their desktop

Anyone??

[kiwiora]

... Filemaker dont' think it's a bug and that it's to be expected ??

""" & Middle(Substitute (Get(DesktopPath) ; "/" ;"/");2;Length(Get(DesktopPath))) & "Filename.fp7" & """

for anyone else who needs it!

[CyborgSam]

FileMaker uses the [color:blue] (backslash) as an escape character within text strings in the calculation dialog. To insert a [color:blue]" (double-quote) into a text string, insert [color:green]". To insert a [color:blue] (backslash), insert [color:green]. To insert a [color:blue]¶ (paragraph mark), insert [color:green]¶. The paragraph mark's character may not show properly in all web browsers...

Examples as they appear in a calculation:

To get the text [color:red]"This is a quote." enter it as [color:green]""This is a quote.""

To get the text [color:red]c:Documents and SettingsmeDesktop enter it as [color:green]"c:Documents and SettingsmeDesktop"

To get the text:

[color:red]This text is

on two lines. enter it as [color:green]"This text is¶on two lines."