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Posted: **Thu Apr 25, 2013 10:11 pm**

Hi folks,

I wish retrieve the path of my file.livecode in a global variable with a function.
When I worked with vbscript, I had a property of wscript object which allowed to retrieve the path of the script, like this :

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Path = Left(WScript.ScriptFullName, InStr(WScript.ScriptFullName, WScript.ScriptName)-1)

Is it exists something like this in Livecode?

Thx by advance for your feedback

Posted: **Thu Apr 25, 2013 10:28 pm**

Here it is:

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   set itemDel to "/" 
   set the defaultfolder to item 1 to -2 of (the effective fileName of this stack)

Simon

Posted: **Thu Apr 25, 2013 10:48 pm**

Thx Simon for your quick answer
I try it tomorow ... It's midnight in France

Posted: **Thu Apr 25, 2013 11:46 pm**

Oh! And welcome to the forum!

Make sure you read up on what the defaultFolder is.

Simon

Posted: **Fri Apr 26, 2013 7:26 am**

Great ! It's run !!!

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on mouseUp
   answer appPath()
end mouseUp

function appPath
   set the itemDelimiter to slash
   get the effective filename of this stack
   set the defaultFolder to item 1 to -2 of it
   return defaultFolder
end appPath

Many thx Simon

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