Refering to data stored in a .txt file after compilation

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wolfowo

Refering to data stored in a .txt file after compilation

in Programming Questions • 2 years ago

I'm extremely sorry for being that imprecise.

My application relies on data stored in text files which I want to be able to edit after compilation.
I've learned that I have to recreate the text files to which my application refers after exporting, in the folder containing the executable.

My question is:
is there a way for .txt files to remain intact, editable with an editor, while automatically getting exported and placed in the folder containing the executable?

The reason I'm asking this is because I will give my application to someone running OSX. How and where, being a windows user, should I put the extra files to the exported OSX archive(?)?

Thanks

Replies(3)

PhiLho

Re: Refering to data stored in a .txt file after compilation

2 years ago

Sorry, but your question isn't precise, technically speaking. A problem of vocabulary, mostly.
Processing compiles sketches each time you run them. So there is no problem to manipulate data after compilation. Actually, you cannot do that before compilation... Perhaps you meant after export, but I am not sure which export you mean.
I don't know what you mean by "applets folder". Is that the 'applet' folder created after exporting to Web?
When you mean "applet", do you mean the kind of applets running in a browser?
These applets have a special status, because they have trouble accessing data to the computer of the user, unless they are signed.

As you see, we need some more information before being able to answer precisely.

wolfowo

Re: Re: Refering to data stored in a .txt file after compilation

2 years ago

Again, sorry for that, I've made corrections to my post

PhiLho

Re: Refering to data stored in a .txt file after compilation

2 years ago

OK, it is clearer.
I can't give you answer you can't try yourself: testing if the file can be read from the same folder than the executable file, or from a data file there.
Alternatively, you might use a selectInput() to allow the user to have the file located anywhere...