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hillmw6612
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

I need to have a unique file path. How do I achieve that?

I'm looking for a dropbox location like:   //computerName/shareName/directoryName/   everything I have seen shows the dropbox like http://www.dropbox.com/sh/..........   Thanks for your h...
  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    3 years ago

    hillmw6612 wrote:

    So we would like to have an address like: //computerName/shareName/directoryName/ so its not discrete for each user to embed into the application.


    That's not possible by default as every user will have their Dropbox folder located in a different location, typically within their user profile, and there is no variable set which includes that location.

     

    The path to their folder is stored in a JSON file within their user profile. On Windows, it would be C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Dropbox\info.json, so you could pull that information programmatically for each user.

     

    The Dropbox folder is also not shared so there is no UNC path to it, though I suppose there's nothing stopping you from sharing it for each user. If you take that route, make sure you set the security correctly so you're not giving other people access.

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