Re: Buddiy API cross platform woes

[Mike Blaustein <mblaustein@xxxxxxxxx>]

The baOpenFile command has a built in method of telling you what the 
problem is.  It will return an error code when it runs.  As a test, 
adjust your code like this, then try it on the Mac:

 on mouseUp me

 tDelimiter = the last char of the moviePath
 tFile = _movie.path & "MEDIA" & tDelimiter & "Recovery.pdf"
 OK = baOpenFile(tFile, "normal")
 alert string(OK)

 end

That alert will be a number.  Check out the help file for BuddyAPI, on 
the baOpenFile page and it will tell you what all the numbers mean.

My guess is that it will be "file not found" or something similar, and 
if that is the case, make sure that the media folder is visible to the 
Mac operating system.  Making x-plat CDs is a tricky procedure and often 
a folder will only appear on one partition and not the other.  If that 
is the case, then re-master the CD and make sure that the appropriate 
folders are available to both partitions.