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Active Forums => QB64 Discussion => Topic started by: dzeek on May 13, 2020, 10:27:02 am

Title: [SOLVED] Path for user's desktop on MacOS
Post by: dzeek on May 13, 2020, 10:27:02 am: I'm converting a QB64 program I wrote for Windows 10 to MacOS. The Windows version allows the user to drag and drop the path to a user's folder on the program's EXE file. The program then stores files in that folder. Since QB64 for MacOS does not support drag and drop of files or folders I was thinking to use a predefined folder name on the user's desktop. Is there a call I can use to get the path to the user's desktop or a string I can use in an OPEN statement for the path to the user's desktop?
Title: Re: Path for user's desktop on MacOS
Post by: dzeek on May 13, 2020, 11:46:49 am: I found a solution. ENVIRON$("HOME") returns a string of the users HOME path. For example "/Users/test". I can then append "/Desktop" to get the path to the users desktop.