address

Reports the name of the system the application is running on.

# Metadata

Platforms: desktop, server, mobile OS: mac, windows, linux, ios, android Introduced: 1.0 Security:

# Syntax

get the address

# Examples

put the address into myAddress

put last item of the address into theAppName

# Description

Use the address property to find out the path to the application, or the name of the system.

For example, if LiveCode is running on a Mac OS system named "Heliand", and the LiveCode folder is located on a volume called "Fnord", its address property is Heliand:/Fnord/LiveCode/LiveCode.

On Unix systems, the computer's name is its domain name. On Mac OS, the name is the one set in the File Sharing control panel.

# Tags

networking,

# See

- **command:** send to program - **glossary:** property, application, domain name, Mac OS, file path, read-only