fromAbsolutePath

[DanH]

I'm trying to use fromAbsolutePath on OSX. Is there a way of defining the "$HOME" directory like you can in bash scripts but in HISE?

[d.healey]

@DanH Same as bash ~/

[DanH]

@d-healey ah yes, ok that seemed to work. It's returned an object. Do you know what I can do with that object?

Basically I'm trying to get the location string out of an existing LinkOSX file and use it to write a new Link file in a different directory.

EDIT - just found loadAsString. Getting somewhere with it...

[d.healey]

@DanH It's a File object, look up File in the api

[DanH]

@d-healey :thumbs_up:

Is there a Widows equivalent for ~/ or is it the same?

[d.healey]

@DanH Not sure. Where is the link file located? Is it in appData?

[DanH]

@d-healey it’s not. It’s in Roaming etc but under a different app name that will share the same sample folder. To avoid the user installing the samples twice I’m trying to make this work.

[d.healey]

@DanH Roaming is in appdata, no?

[DanH]

@d-healey oh ha, yeah I thought you meant appData as in the Hise file system.

[Christoph Hart]

@DanH Don't use absolute paths unless absolutely necessary. If you want the (cross platform) folder for application data, just go two levels above your app data folder (it's always AppData/Company/Product

const var systemAppData = FileSystem.getFolder(FileSystem.AppData).getParentDirectory().getParentDirectory()

[DanH]

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[DanH]

@Christoph-Hart great, all working so far, thanks!