AbsoluteURI doesn't seem to work

Question

Attempting to use absoluteURI on a Folder selectDlg or a File saveDlg and I can not get an absolute path - I always return this: ~/Desktop/tmp00000001
Which doesn't work. I'm using node.js and the fs system which won't accept the output of Extendscript.
Anyone have any good ideas? I'd post over on the Extension forum, but it's deader than a doornail.
function chooseExportFolder () {
    var myLocFolder = new File("~/Desktop").saveDlg("Enter a prefix for Export(s).");
    return myLocFolder.absoluteURI;

Answer 1

//In one function
var new_termfile = createtermfile('my_term_file_name', first_argument, second_argument);
//Put in however many arguments you need
//As it's own function
function createtermfile(term_file, first_argument, second_argument)
//passing in the my_term_file_name puts it into this file name and reassigns it.
var termfile = new File(path + "/" + term_file + '.term');
termfile.open('w');
//Change for when you port to Windows
termfile.writeln(
"<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n" +
"<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC \"-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN\"" +
"\"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd\">\n" +
"<plist version=\"1.0\">\n" +
"<dict>\n" +
"<key>WindowSettings</key>\n" +
"<array>\n" +
" <dict>\n" +
"<key>CustomTitle</key>\n" +
"<string>TITLE GOES HERE</string>\n" +
"<key>ExecutionString</key>\n" +
"<string>python /path/to/python/file.py " + first_argument + " "  + second_argument + "\nexit()</string>\n" +
"<key>shellExitAction</key>\n" +
"<integer>1</integer>\n" +
"<key>type</key>\n" +
"<string>Window Settings</string>\n" +
"</dict>\n" +
"</array>\n" +
"</dict>\n" +
"</plist>\n");
termfile.close();
return termfile;
That's the extent of my knowledge on the term files - management didn't love the fact that Adobe was causing tons of Terminal windows to pop up so I ended up having to do everything in Javascript/Extendscript which was not a fun trip. Just be aware that this will create a profile EVERY TIME YOU RUN IT - therefore I had thousands of Terminal profiles inside of Terminal in Preferences > Profiles. So there's probably a more efficient way to do it than this, but this is the groundwork for what I did. Be wary of using Applescript in the python string area - not because of anything bad happening, just pay attention to how many escape characters you need for stuff like spaces. I think it's two. Hope this helps.