Forms: How to get a file path?

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi Das,

.rtfd files on the mac aren't actually files - they're containers, which means that they are actually folders which contain multiple files.  macOS conveniently represents it as a single file.  If you right click on an .rtfd file there should be an option that says "Show Package Contents", and then you can see the "attachments" that go with the .rtf file.

The Forms File Control deals with files, not folders.

Hope this helps!

Regards,
Paul.


> On 1 May 2022, at 1:26 am, Das Goravani <goravanis at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> One adjunct to this that I came across: Related to me, but unrelated actually, is this:
> 
> When I use the Forms File Control, when I go to Upload, it presents the Mac file picker. Files that have the .rtfd extension are grayed out. You cannot select them. But for example files with .csv are available for selection.
> 
> Is this because it KNOWS rtfd files.. and further, grays them out because they use the Resource Fork inside themselves, not just the Data Fork?
> 
> Have I got that right?  
> 
> The dialog grays out files it cannot fully handle properly.. is that right?
> 
> Further: When you use HTTP to transfer a file, you HAVE TO PICK a file from a website tree structure, is that correct?
> 
> HTTP only works on websites I’m thinking.. I haven’t played with it yet, but I’m thinking HTTP is all about websites only.
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