path to standalone from within standalone?
Feb 16 2009 | 11:07 pm
I want to be able to launch a pdf that I will bundle with my Max
standalone application. I will include the pdf within the Mac
application bundle, or within the "support" folder next to the
Windows .exe.
I wanted to use the following message to max:
; max launchbrowser file:///path/to/my/file/foo.pdf
This works fine when I can reliably get the path to the file. But
how do I generate the correct path when considering my standalone?
Is there a way to know the path to my standalone itself?
I have a feeling I'm missing something very obvious...
Dan
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- Feb 16 2009 | 11:20 pmHi Dan,Last time I did this in max 4.6 the below worked for me. There may be other ways, or things may have changed. The sprintf added the name of my app and the folder I wanted. However, this won't work if the name of the apps been changed....RegardsAlex
- Feb 16 2009 | 11:24 pmDoes [path( -> [thispatcher] also work in standalones ?Ciao
- Feb 16 2009 | 11:52 pmAm 17.02.2009 um 00:20 schrieb Alex Harker: > >Hi,I don't know what has changed in 5 either but in 4 you can use sendapppath, but use sprintf symout, or your app won't work with spaces in the path name (like sadly many maxbuild apps do). You might run into problems creating a "send max" object for you dynamic path, but I think forward works.best,g.
- Feb 17 2009 | 12:34 amThanks guys - sendapppath is what I was forgetting!Dan
