GetFolderItem replacement

General
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I have an older SQLite database that I’m trying to create a folder next to the app, where I can put the database and the backups. So how to I capture that?

This is what I had before:

DBfolder = GetFolderItem( “”).Child(App.kAppName +"_Data")
DBfile = GetFolderItem( “”).Child(App.kAppName + “_Data”).Child(App.kAppName +“DB.sqlite”)
BackupFolder = GetFolderItem( “”).Child(App.kAppName + “_Data”).Child(“Backups”)

It still works, but since it’s been deprecated, I’d like to know the current way of doing this.

Thanks,
Michael

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DBfolder = App.ExecutableFile.Parent.Child(App.kAppName +"_Data") DBfile = DBfolder.Child(App.kAppName +"DB.sqlite") BackupFolder = DBfolder.Child("Backups")

Those are just the locations - if the folder doesn’t exist, you’ll need to create it with f.CreateFolder.

3

Also check out the New Folderitem constructor.

4

This only makes sense if your app is not in Applications or Program Files

Otherwise, ‘data next to the app’ simply won’t work

Use ApplicationData instead

DBfolder = specialfolder.applicationdata.child(App.kAppName +"_Data") //check DBFolder and create if need be DBfile = DBfolder.Child(App.kAppName +"DB.sqlite") //check DBFile and create if need be BackupFolder = DBfolder.Child("Backups") //check BackupFolder and create if need be

5

Thank you! Jeff, just so you know, I normally keep the data files & folders in Documents. I just wanted to see to do to this without GetFolderItem.