get extension path withing jsx file

Forum|Forum|6 years ago
August 12, 2019
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Hi,

Within .js file i can fine the extension root using:

var csInterface = new CSInterface();
var extensionRoot = csInterface.getSystemPath(SystemPath.EXTENSION)

how do i get the extension path from within .jsx file?

I want to use:

    var scriptDir =<path to extensionRoot>/host/libs
    var scriptFile = "/myScript.jsx";
    var runScript = File(scriptDir + scriptFile);
    $.evalFile (runScript);

my jsx file is under extentionRoot/host

myScript is under extentionRoot/host/libs

Until recently my scriptDir was external but i want to move everything under the extension folder.

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Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew

Community Expert

$.fileName gives you the path to the current JSX file, from there you can find the directory:

var filePath = $.fileName;
var fileDir = (new File(filePath)).path;
fileDir;

K

karpiyonAuthor

Inspiring

This is the 1st thing i tried but this yields the path to Photoshop installation, not the the extension root.

i need this definition which is in the js file

var extensionRoot = csInterface.getSystemPath(SystemPath.EXTENSION)

but in my jsx file.

Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew

Community Expert

Just tested and

var filePath = $.fileName;  
var fileDir = (new File(filePath)).path;  
fileDir;  
alert(fileDir)

Works for me in Photoshop 20.0.5, although it has to be run from a saved JSX file or from a function in a saved file, it won't work if you run it straight from csInterface.evalScript() without calling a function within a JSX file, cause otherwise it's an anonymous function and $.fileName make no sense in that case.

Trevor:

Legend

Did you look at my JSX.js A Game Changer in Adobe HTML Extensions Development? – Creative-Scripts.com ?

If you use that you can just use $.__dirname

You can look at the source code there of how that is done.

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