title: How to open a network folder from a Mac in an Adobe Air application?
body: <p>I've got an Air application that needs to reference files located in a shared network folder.  From within the Air application running on Windows I can access the share through a File object as follows:</p>
  
  <pre><code>var folder:File = new File("file:///\\\\server\\share\\parent_folder\\folder");
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>On a Mac, that doesn't work, and I can't find any variation on the path that does.  I can connect to the server <b><i>through the Finder</i></b> using the path "smb://server/share/parent_folder/folder", and then I can construct a File object through some (seemingly) convoluted volume mount with a name that seems to vary depending on how many existing mounts there are to "//server/share" (e.g., "/Volumes/share", "/Volumes/share-1", etc.)</p>
  
  <p>Is there a way from within an Air application to connect to a shared server folder on a Mac, without the user needing to connect through the Finder first?  Worst case, is there a way to execute a console command from within Air?  Presumably I could then mount the share myself.  I can't think of a work-around other than requiring Mac users to first manually connect to the server through the finder, then supply the app with the share path every time they run the app!</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance for any workable solution!</p>