Location of copied file?

[Newbie4]

In the Standalone Application Settings, under CopyFiles, I copy a data file to load on start-up. In the code I set the default folder to specialFolderPath of 'home' and it works for Mac builds okay

When I build a standalone for IOS (iPad), it does not. I tried 'home', 'engine', documents' and nothing seemed to make a difference.

For IOS, where is the file copied to?

Thank you

[Jellicle]

If the file can be found when LC builds the app it should be in the engine. Show us the code you are using?

Gerry

[Newbie4]

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set the defaultFolder to specialFolderPath("engine")
put URL ("file:" &  "testClassData.CSV") into fn
put fn into field "instudents" 

I tried other combinations (putting the path into the URL, etc,) This is the last iteration. I also tried 'home' and other variations.
It works under Mac but not IOS

[Klaus]

Hi Newbie4,

hmm, some ideas:

1. the iOS filesystem is CASE sensitive, so please doublecheck the spelling of the filename

2. check for existence of that file:

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...
put specialfolderpath("engine") & "/testClassData.CSV" into tFile
answer (there is a file tFile)
## should give TRUE or FALSE
...

3. I read about some problems with setting the defaultfolder on iOS,
so use absolute pathnames whenever possible:

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put specialfolderpath("engine") & "/testClassData.CSV" into tFile
put url("file:" & tFile) into fld "instudents"

## check for errors reading the file. "the result" = EMPTY on success!
if the result <> empty then
  answer "Error reading file:" && the result
end if
...

Best

Klaus