Forget I wrote that... after seeing the other responses. Best,
Steve On May 14, 2014, at 9:41 PM, Stephen MacLean <smacl...@madmansoft.com> wrote: > Hi Scott, > > If you just want to access the files, that are local to you: > > /Users/<yourusername>/Dropbox/ > > It's just like any other folder on your mac. > > You can get that by doing Command - i or get Info > > Best, > > Steve > > On May 14, 2014, at 4:33 PM, Scott Rossi <sc...@tactilemedia.com> wrote: > >> >> On 5/14/14 12:55 PM, "J. Landman Gay" <jac...@hyperactivesw.com> wrote: >> >>> On 5/14/14, 1:59 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: >>>> Right, I'm not looking to upload/download, I'm trying to get a >>>> Dropbox-formatted file path. >>> >>> I had to deal with that in AirLaunch and I don't think it's possible >>> without asking the user at least once. After you do that you can >>> generate links using the same format, as long as the files are in the >>> same folder as the one the user supplied. >>> >>> Dropbox generates a different cryptic string for each folder. The >>> general format is: >>> >>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/<long random string>/filename.txt >>> >>> As long as a file is in the same folder, you can use that URL and just >>> replace the filename at the end with a different one. But since each >>> folder has its own random string, you can't know what the URL will be >>> for any other location. >>> >>> The Dropbox app probably knows, but it isn't telling. >> >> >> Actually, I'm trying to work out a solution for myself, not for other >> users, and this is for local files with Dropbox installed, not using the >> web service. Pretty sure the cryptic string is based on the filename as >> it's different for every file in the same folder, and replacing a file >> with one of the same name generates the same shared link. >> >> A right-click on the file is able to retrieve this link, so I'm hoping >> there's some way to do this through the system. Because there's a bit of >> delay before the link is revealed, I'm guessing there's a web/server query >> going on behind the scenes. The dropbox.py script is supposedly able to >> grab the link, but again, only on Linux it seems. >> >> Maybe the Dropbox gurus out there (Guglielmo? Andre?) can chime in and >> say if this is hopeless. >> >> Thanks for the responses. >> >> Scott Rossi >> Creative Director >> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode