[Gambas-user] I have an error [45] File or directory does not exist. Form1.?.0

[skaggs]

We (or maybe I should) write a wiki entry on the installation package
explaining this.  If I could have located this information I would not
have spent six hours trying to make it work.

I knew the files would be read only- but I did not know they vanished
into the executable!  

Some of us have never programmed in VB or for LInux before. I learned a
gamemaker language GML and when you compiled it, it created an exe with
all the library files built in and you only needed the data files to be
in the same directory.  SO my previous experience was confusing me.

But you solved the problem again.  
JB SKaggs

On Fri, 2008-03-28 at 00:14 +0100, Benoit Minisini wrote:
> On vendredi 28 mars 2008, skaggs wrote:
> > NO I understand my project directory is read only.
> >
> > My program runs fine.
> >
> > If I make an ubuntu installation package.  It installs my application
> > and runtime libraries.
> >
> > But to run my application the end user right now has to manually install
> > the wwmkr directory with all of its subdirectories and data files.  Then
> > the project executable wwmkr.gambas must be ran from inside of that
> > directory.  Thats becuase the program is using application.path/themes
> > or application.path/project to find it's needed files. Of course I could
> > rewrite the program to use user.path&/"wwmkr" but I would still need to
> > know how to get the package maker to install the directory and data
> > files.  Or do I need to have that done as second step in the
> > installation process.
> >
> > I am sorry if my explanation is confusing.
> >
> > JB SKaggs
> >
> > On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 23:50 +0100, Benoit Minisini wrote:
> > > On jeudi 27 mars 2008, jbskaggs wrote:
> > > > Okay I got the installation to install on my system.
> > > >
> > > > Here is the problem:
> > > > my program has the following directory structure:
> > > >
> > > > ../wwmkr
> > > > ../wwmkr/themes with subdirectoies
> > > >
> > > > ../wwmkr/project with subdirectories
> > > >
> > > > when it installs it has this directory under the src tar.
> > > >
> > > > But it is never installed as the working directory for the program.
> > > >
> > > > How do I get the installation package maker to create this directory
> > > > and file structure with my project?
> > > >
> > > > My program uses the application.path a lot, which does not exist as
> > > > installation did not create the folders.
> > > >
> > > > So if I manually create the directory and manually start the project
> > > > from that directory rather than the menu it works.
> > > >
> > > > Please help!
> > > >
> > > > JB SKaggs
> 
> If you want to access the files located in the project directory, you must use 
> relative paths: "themes/xxx" for accessing a file named "xxx" in the themes 
> directory, for example. You must not use Application.Path &/ "themes/xxx", as 
> these files does not exist anymore once the executable is made. They are in 
> the executable file.
> 
> Regards,
>