Jonathan Hallstrom

I'm planning on creating a standalone app that will allow my performers to trigger sound files. If I have all the files on the same level as the standalone everything works fine, but there are quite a number of files involved and I'd like to organize them into folders that will reside at the same level as the standalone. I'm not having any luck figuring out how to specify the file paths, which will obviously have to be relative in order to allow the patch to run on multiple machines.

I'm planning on creating a standalone app that will allow my performers to trigger sound files.  If I have all the files on the same level as the standalone everything works fine, but there are quite a number of files involved and I'd like to organize them into folders that will reside at the same level as the standalone.  I'm not having any luck figuring out how to specify the file paths, which will obviously have to be relative in order to allow the patch to run on multiple machines.

need-some-help-with-file-paths

The following three examples might be of help. They're meant to be read in order, but the third is the most relevant to your query.

Example 1: The error object
Example 2: Providing a full path name
Example 3: Using the full path when opening a file


Need some help with file paths