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Jun 3, 2006, 3:56pm

I would like to eventually, when it's finished, put an url to my AW 'home'
in my signature, the type that opens up the AW browser and sends the viewer
to the site, eg. for GZ this would be:
http://objects.activeworlds.com/cgi-bin/teleport.cgi?aw_0.0N_0.0E_0.5a_270
or http://tinyurl.com/h69c2. If your AW is already open before you click,
everything is ok, but when when the url is clicked without AW already being
opened first, there's a bug. Yes AW will open and drop you in the right
spot, but it leaves a new chat.txt on the desktop instead of in it's normal
location. This happened in the last version of AW too. This probably isn't
a top priority bug, but I thought I'd mention it just the same. :)

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Jun 3, 2006, 4:15pm

Oh dear god.... Its using the current working directory rather than using
GetModuleFileName to find the location of the browser...

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- Mark Randall
http://www.temporal-solutions.co.uk

"We're Systems and Networks..."
"It's our job to know..."

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Jun 3, 2006, 4:26pm

I have absolutely no idea what a GetModuleFileName is, because I'm a bit
programming-challenged.I'll just trust that you know what you're talking
about. :)

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Jun 3, 2006, 4:41pm

A current working directory is the folder a program executes from...

If you launch an application are in a folder called c:\pie\

Now, if an application tries to open the file 'chat.txt' using only that
name when it tries to open it... it will actually add it on to the end of
the current working directory, giving you:

c:\pie\chat.txt

The current working directory is usually set to where you launch a shortcut
from (I think).

Hence, in this case the current working directory (Temp folder??) is your
desktop.

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- Mark Randall
http://www.temporal-solutions.co.uk

"We're Systems and Networks..."
"It's our job to know..."

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Jun 3, 2006, 5:02pm

Ok, and the GetModule thing would fix it? That sounds quick and easy.
Maybe it will be fixed by the time I ever get my AW home finished, whenever
that is...

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Jun 3, 2006, 5:11pm

GetModuleTechnicalCrap

Its a function used to find out the actual folder the EXE itself is stored
on disk, not where its actually 'running'

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- Mark Randall
http://www.temporal-solutions.co.uk

"We're Systems and Networks..."
"It's our job to know..."
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Jun 3, 2006, 5:45pm

eerr is your subiect and message talking about the same thing? *confused*
To change where chat.txt saves, click browse first, and navigate to the
folder where you want the file to save at.

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Jun 3, 2006, 6:21pm

Normally AW is set to add chat to the chat.txt I have in my Active Worlds
folder, and normally it works fine. However, if I go to AW through a
teleport url (and if it opens AW fresh - not already running), then it
creates a brand new chat.txt on my desktop instead of adding it to my old
one. I have AW set up to save chat in AW's folder properly. It's only when
using the url that it makes the new, improperly located one. I don't want
to use it in my sig or on my webpage unless it won't surprise people with
that. Just an annoyance bug really, they probably have more important ones
to fix right now.

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