Hello,

I would like to know whether it is possible to load an image from a different folder than data folder but not from a distant server ?
I would like export an app (with an array in the code) and would have the possibility later to replace images in that "external folder".
I'm working on Mac : is there a specific local URL to write ?


Sorry for my poor english skills.

Thanks in advance.

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You can just put an absolute path in loadImage().

Sf,

So you're loading a folder full of images and store in an array of PImage? In this case you may use selectFolder() to get the folder path. Here's my code to get file names from a directory. If you just want to load one image, use selectInput() to pick a file. It returns the full path of the file, which you may use in loadImage().


 String fp=selectFolder();
 File file = new File(fp);
 String names[];
 if (file.isDirectory())
 {
   names = file.list();// This extract all file names in the folder
 }
 
 else
 {
   return false;
 }


I also have some code that will tell whether a file is an image file. If you need that, let me know so I can send to you.

Here you go. It's a hodgepodge of string comparison and regular expression, reflecting my inability to use regular expression for the entire job. On the other hand, the function is easy to understand for fellows with my level of basic understanding.

The isPicture() returns true if the file name has the right extension as a picture file. You can easily adapt it to your sound files. This routine needs to call extension() which returns the extension of a file regardless what file it is.

To use this, get the user to select a file with selectFolder() or selectInput(). Then call the isPicture() with a file name. If it returns true, open it, it's a picture file. If the function returns false, it's not a picture file, time for revenge ^_^

boolean isPicture(String name)
{
 name=extension(name).toLowerCase();
 if (name.equals(".png")||name.equals(".jpg")||name.equals(".bmp")||name.equals(".gi
f")||name.equals(".tga")||name.equals(".jpeg")) return true;
 else return false;
}


String extension(String name)
{  
 String[] result = match(name,"\\.[a-zA-Z]{1,}?$");
 String[] result2={""};
 if (result==null) result=result2;
 return result[0];
}

Thanks a lot !
I'm not at ease with return Keyword; I will never find by myself.