Thank you for your reply, and indeed this the case. I am trying to resurrect a solution that worked, albeit not optimally, several years ago. ( The Windows movies were not as appealing as the mac’s) I made use of the function moviemac/moviewin. There are or were slight differences in the file locations syntax for the Mac and Windows operations, so I had to test for this before using this function. The moviemac still works great, but I can’t seem to get moviewin to work anymore. :-( I have a calculation field using the following calculation with a container result. Case ( Get ( SystemPlatform ) < 0 ; “ moviewin:/driveletter:/ <>directoryName/fileName" ; “ moviemac:/volumeName/ <>directoryName/fileName” ) See Creating File Paths http://www.filemaker.com/help/11/fmp/html/create_db.8.32.html <http://www.filemaker.com/help/11/fmp/html/create_db.8.32.html> I’m using mp4s. The windows machine, (my mac using bootcamp), can play the files, and has Quicktime installed. The greater than 2 results, IOS and Webbrowser, are not important at this time. So it tests for Windows (negative) and defaults to Mac (1), otherwise. I’ve try every syntax combination I can think of, but on windows it claims it can’t find the file. Using a Mac works fine. Does anyone have any experience with this? Al Jeffrey [log in to unmask] > On Jan 26, 2015, at 7:23 PM, Jonathan Fletcher <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > On Jan 26, 2015, at 7:54 PM, Al Jeffrey <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > >> For example: If[get(Systemplatform)<0; Do windows;do Mac] >> >> If run on a windows machine the above is fine, (I presume). >> What does get(Systemplatform) return, (greater or less than 0), on a Mac run with Bootcamp? > > > Al, > > Get ( SystemPlatform ) refers to the OS that your FMP is running in, only. Neither bootcamp nor hardware make any difference. > > Also, if there is any chance that you may be running the solution in WebDirect or in iOS, be sure to trap for those, too. > > >> 1 if the current platform is Intel-based Macs >> >> -2 if the platform is Windows >> >> 3 if the platform is iOS >> >> 4 if the platform is FileMaker WebDirect >> > > > jonathan > > > -- > Jonathan Fletcher > FileMaker Certified Developer (9 thru 13) > FileMaker Business Alliance > > Fletcher Data Consulting, LLC > [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > http://www.fletcherdata.com > 502-509-7137 >