File access on local machines (distributed)
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1 year ago
So I've been working on an app and as part of the app I have a help menu that links you to an about file. This file briefly explains the tools and how to use them.
My question is if I distribute this app as a windows executable the code I have for the link is local to the developers machine. The word doc is distributed with the build in a file labeled data. Is there anyway to code this link() so that when distributed the about link will work among all machines that the app is distributed to without me previously knowing where the user will unpack it?
Here is the problem code:
link("file:///C:/Users/ SomeUser/Desktop/whiteboard_01/data/Help.docx", "_new");
Note I replaced my user profile with SomeUser, it isn't this way exactly in the code.
My question is if I distribute this app as a windows executable the code I have for the link is local to the developers machine. The word doc is distributed with the build in a file labeled data. Is there anyway to code this link() so that when distributed the about link will work among all machines that the app is distributed to without me previously knowing where the user will unpack it?
Here is the problem code:
link("file:///C:/Users/ SomeUser/Desktop/whiteboard_01/data/Help.docx", "_new");
Note I replaced my user profile with SomeUser, it isn't this way exactly in the code.
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