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ingroxd
ingroxd

Reputation: 1025

Relative path difficulties

I started working with some files, something easy.

I read that the File class support relative paths, so I tried something like:

File file_bg = new File("data\\bg.png");
if(file_bg.exists())
  flag_bg = true;

Ok, now, making some debugging I noticed that every File variable have as parent path the same path where the IDE is, instead of the path where my project is.

Is it a common behavior or I have to set up something before starting the sketch? Is it equal for java IDEs like NetBeans?

One more question, there is a way to keep a String variable in memory that contains the path of my .pde file?

Thanks a lot for the interest, waiting a response!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 237

Answers (1)

Petros Koutsolampros
Petros Koutsolampros

Reputation: 2800

You don't need to store a string with that directory, Processing can give it to you with sketchPath() and dataPath()... Not particularly odd, google's first result for "processing sketch path" returns this

thus:

File file_bg = new File(dataPath("bg.png"));

Upvotes: 2

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