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Lingo Dictionary 55

Identify the current movie’s folder by using the @ symbol followed by one of these pathname

separators:

• / (forward slash)

• \ (backslash)

• : (colon)

When a movie is queried to determine its location, the string returned will include the @ symbol.

Be sure to use only the @ symbol when navigating between Director movies or changing the

source of a linked media cast member. The @ symbol does not work when the FileIO Xtra or

other functions are used outside those available within Director.

You can build on this pathname to specify folders that are one or more levels above or below the

current movie’s folder. Keep in mind that the @ portion represents the current movie’s location,

not necessarily the location of the projector.

• Add an additional pathname separator immediately after the @ symbol to specify a folder one

level up in the hierarchy.

• Add folder names and filenames (separated by /, \, or :) after the current folder name to

specify subfolders and files within folders.

You can use relative pathnames in Lingo to indicate the location of a linked file in a folder

different than the movie’s folder.

Examples

These are equivalent expressions that specify the subfolder bigFolder, which is in the current

movie’s folder:

@/bigFolder

@:bigFolder

@\bigFolder

These are equivalent expressions that specify the file linkedFile, in the subfolder bigFolder, which

is in the current movie’s folder:

@:bigFolder:linkedFile

@\bigFolder\linkedFile

@/bigFolder/linkedFile

Examples

This expression specifies the file linkedFile, which is located one level up from the current

movie’s folder:

@//linkedFile

This expression specifies the file linkedFile, which is located two levels up from the current

movie’s folder:

@:::linkedFile

These are equivalent expressions that specify the file linkedFile, which is in the folder otherFolder.

The otherFolder folder is in the folder one level up from the current movie’s folder.

@::otherFolder:linkedFile

@\\otherFolder\linkedFile

@//otherFolder/linkedFile