On 9/2/12 9:24 PM, Timothy Miller wrote:
If I set the "source" of an image in its inspector by clicking on the
little file icon and selecting the file from the dialog box, the
source field in the inspector shows "./test.image.jpg"
Same thing happens with File menu: New referenced control: Image
file...
Yet if I write a script:
import paint from file "./test.image.jpg"
I get an error, presumably because the path name of the image is
incorrect.
It's Unix file paths. The dot means "this folder". The IDE is creating a
path relative to the stack file.
If you set the defaultfolder to the one holding your stack, the relative
path import should work.
On the other hand, the script:
import paint from file "/users/Daddy/Documents/Rev Documents/project
images/test.image.jpg"
does work.
Full filepaths always work.
Yet, if I paste
/users/Daddy/Documents/Rev Documents/project images/test.image.jpg
Into the "source" field of the inspector for an image, the image
doesn't display.
The IDE is trying to "help" by making whatever you paste into a relative
file path. It's looking for a folder inside the stack's folder named
"users/etc". Generally this is okay because it allows you to move the
enclosing stack folder from one place to another without breaking the paths.
I think if you turn on the "Files & Memory" preference that uses
absolute file paths, pasting the full path into the inspector will work
and you'll also see full file paths when you choose a file from within
the inspector.
--
Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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