AppDirectory

[Zigzag114]

Whenever I open an mfa in my MMF2 it sets all ./'s to my directory so they no longer work on any other directories. How can I stop this? I have the latest build and everything.

[James]

The safest way is to use Apppath$ + "MyFile.txt".

[Nifflas]

Ah, I think he means the edit-time properties though.

[Yves]

Whenever I open an mfa in my MMF2 it sets all ./'s to my directory so they no longer work on any other directories.

Filenames in properties, as well as in action/condition/expression parameters selected with file selectors, are always relocated by MMF2 when you move your application and all the external files to another directory. (only for the files that are in the same directory as the .mfa file, or in a sub-directory)

E.g. if your c:\test\app1.mfa contains an active picture object that loads c:\test\picture.jpg, if you move both files to c:\test2, load the .mfa file and look at the properties of the active picture object, you will see that the filename is c:\test2\picture.jpg

This is the same for stand-alone applications : if you build your EXE/CCN file in the same directory as the MFA file, the filenames will be relocated when the application starts and will point to files in the directory of the stand-alone application.

[Olivier]

That's quite handy Yves. I think that the files selected by the file selector and displayed in the Event Editor (and Global Events Editor) weren't relocated. Maybe this is an addition to the latest build?

EDIT: Sorry I've edited my post, but not quickly enough!

[Yves]

Yes, only with filename parameters selected with file selectors. Note: at least for all the Clickteam extensions, but usually 3rd party extensions also support this feature.