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    • Matt_SFM
      Matt_SF @d.healey
      last edited by

      @d-healey it's not written in the docs but it is available as an option in the script editor's autocomplete menu (along with a few others IIRC)

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      • d.healeyD
        d.healey @Matt_SF
        last edited by

        @Matt_SF

        it's not written in the docs

        It is now :D

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        • DanHD
          DanH @d.healey
          last edited by

          @d-healey I've been testing and I can't write a file to the Expansions folder in AppData so it looks like it's not suitable for my purpose here. I've ended up doing a rather long-winded way of getting to my folder in my expansion - is there not a better way?!

          const AD = FileSystem.getFolder(FileSystem.AppData);
          
          const EXP = AD.getChildFile("Expansions");
          
          const NE = EXP.getChildFile("New Expansion");
          
          const SAM = NE.getChildFile("Samples");
          
          const f = SAM.getChildFile("New File.txt");
          
          f.writeString("aaarrrggghhhh!!!");
          

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          • Christoph HartC
            Christoph Hart @DanH
            last edited by

            @DanH What's wrong with expansion.getRootFolder().getChildFile("Samples/New File.txt"); ?

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            • DanHD
              DanH @Christoph Hart
              last edited by DanH

              @Christoph-Hart I guess because I won't be in an active expansion. I'm making an installer for an expansion and trying to write the link file into the correct folder (without using HR1 files).

              But can I just go

              const EXP = AD.getChildFile("Expansions/New Expansion/Samples");
              

              ?

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              • Christoph HartC
                Christoph Hart @DanH
                last edited by

                @DanH If the expansion doesn't exist, I would prefer your solution from above:

                var ad = FileSystem.getFolder(FileSystem.Expansions);
                
                var bd = ad.getChildFile("mynewexpansion");
                

                The expansion folder might be redirected to somewhere else, so this might not work in every use case.

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                • Christoph HartC
                  Christoph Hart @Christoph Hart
                  last edited by

                  Also you can drop the samples of the expansion in the Sample folder and they will be loaded just fine, this keeps them all in one place.

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                  • DanHD
                    DanH @Christoph Hart
                    last edited by DanH

                    @Christoph-Hart said in Expansions Folder File Ref:

                    Also you can drop the samples of the expansion in the Sample folder and they will be loaded just fine, this keeps them all in one place.

                    Yep, but user feedback was very much that they want full control over where they are stored 😆

                    I created the expansion folder in the AppData/Expansions folder, but I couldn't write a file using

                    var ad = FileSystem.getFolder(FileSystem.Expansions);
                    
                    var bd = ad.getChildFile("mynewexpansion");
                    

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                    • d.healeyD
                      d.healey @DanH
                      last edited by

                      @DanH getChildFile() doesn't write files. You need to use createDirectory()

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                      • DanHD
                        DanH @d.healey
                        last edited by

                        @d-healey I know I meant I can't get to the right folder using that code

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