Hi Noelson, On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 5:44 PM, Noelson Duarte <[email protected]> wrote:
> Madhur, > > StarBASIC has the function GETGUITYPE that returns a value for the OS. > > Thats another valuable input I wasn't aware of. I dug more about this in online help and found out that it would not differentiate between solaris and linux. Is my understanding correct? I need to support all three OS, viz., Windows_NT, Solaris and Linux. > The OOo API has the struct com.sun.star.util.URL that can be used with the > object com.sun.star.util.URLTransformer to get parts of one URL (see code): > > '----------------------------------------------------- > Sub exemploURL > Dim umURL As New com.sun.star.util.URL > umURL.Complete = "http://www.sitio.com.br:2006/docs/manual.html#cap1"; > oURLT = CreateUnoService("com.sun.star.util.URLTransformer") > ' parse > oURLT.parseStrict(umURL) > ' get fields > msg = "Mark....: " & umURL.Mark & Chr$(10) & _ > "Name....: " & umURL.Name & Chr$(10) & _ > "Path....: " & umURL.Path & Chr$(10) & _ > "Port....: " & umURL.Port & Chr$(10) & _ > "Server..: " & umURL.Server & Chr$(10) & _ > "Protocol: " & umURL.Protocol & Chr$(10) > msgBox msg, 176, "Exemplo de campos de URL:" > msgBox umURL.Main, 176, "Campo Main de URL:" > End Sub > > '--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > I believe getPathSeparator is easier to use for my work. > HTH > -- > Noelson > > 2010/3/23 Madhur Kashyap <[email protected]> > > > Mathias and Irne > > > > Thanks for your responses. The home folder concept is useful for setting > a > > current working directory (linux). > > > > Although my purpose was little different. I found that help in Andrew > > Pitonyak's quick reference. > > > > OO Basic supports an API getPathSeparator() which returns "/" or "\" > > depending upon what OS is used. So, my purpose has been temporarily > solved. > > > > so to construct a path I am writing > > > > sFilePath = sRootDir & getPathSeparator() & leakage_win.exe > > > > I was looking for built in or user written APIs for something like > > > > sFilePath = fileJoin(sRootDir leakage_win.exe) > > > > There are other path related functions which are required quite often. > > Please follow the link below > > > > http://wiki.tcl.tk/1041 > > > > Thanks, > > Madhur > > > > On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Irné Barnard <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > As Mathais explained you need to use the home folder location. Even on > > > windows this location may differ depending on version. E.g. XP is > > > C:\Documents & Settings\UserName\, > > > while in Vista it's C:\Users\UserName\ > > > > > > I'm not sure if there's other folder locations available through OOo's > > API, > > > but generally you'd also want such folders as the install path, common > > > settings, shared libraries, etc. Most other programs creating install > > > executables have similar "smart"-folder locations. > > > > > > -- > > > Regards Irné Barnard > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Regards > > Madhur Kashyap > > > -- Regards Madhur Kashyap
