On Thu, 9 Jun 2005 08:52:59 +0200
Christian Meesters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Currently I'm writing a GUI application with wxPython (on OS X, but I
> guess the problem is the same, regardless of the UNIX derivative one is
> using). When I start the main script where it is located the
> application finds all resource files (non-Python files like images and
> html files for html windows) without any problem. However, if a put a
> link in /usr/local/bin and start the script using the link the
> application cannot find those resource files - unless, of course, I
> will use full absolute paths to point to those files. One brief example
> to illustrate the problem:
>
> The class Goals is in a file called Help.py, located in '/gui_lib/' as
> seen from my main script.
>
> class Goals(wx.Frame):
> def __init__(self,parent,frame,title,size,pos=wx.DefaultPosition):
> wx.Frame.__init__(self,parent,
> -1,title,size,style=wx.DEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE)
> self.frame = frame
> self.cwd = os.getcwd()
>
> self.html = HtmlWindow(self,-1)
> self.html.LoadPage(os.path.join(self.cwd,'gui_lib/Goals.html'))
>
> #this, of course, won't work
> #if the main script is called from somewhere else and not the
> directory where the main script
> #is located
>
> Any ideas what I could use instead of os.getcwd to construct a relative
> path which will work even if I port the script to an other machine?
>
> Cheers
> Christian
>
Hi Christian,
try
self.cwd = os.path.abspath(sys.path[0])
sys.path[0] is the directory of your main program file, with os.path.abspath()
you can
get rid of the "../../" stuff at the beginning of the path if the program is
called from a link.
I hope this helps
Michael
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