You might want to use FB's applescript commands,
and this:

get application file id "ttxt" as string

replace "ttxt" with filemakers creator code, and
it will give you the full path to the default copy
of filemaker.

This can be done without applescript, but it is a
fair chunk'o'code.

Jamin


On 23/12/03 3:41 AM, Paul Bruneau
<paul_bruneau@...> wrote:
>On Thursday, December 18, 2003, at 10:05 PM,
Rich Love wrote:
>
>> I use AppleScript commands in FB to locate the
Applications folder, 
>
>> Preferences Folder etc.
>> The AppleScript command is
>> path to applications folder
>> Other commands are:
>> path to system folder
>> path to preferences
>> path to library folder
>
>I like your idea, Rich, but aren't there
built-in FB commands to 
>get 
>these folders?
>
>And if I use this method (or the built-in
method) to find the 
>application folder, will it find the
Applications folder, or will 
>it 
>find the Applications (OS 9) folder?
>
>Another question for you or for others is: What
about folders that 
>are 
>not system-recognized folders?
>
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