Accessing file system

Question

My script needs a Framemaker template file in creating a new file. I've made it work by hard-coding the path to the template in the script:

sFilename = "C:\\Users\\gisteppen\\Desktop\\fm change bars\\dev\\changes-template.fm";

I want to make this easy to distribute. I want the script to look for this template file in whatever directory the script resides in, but I find it won't work if I just put the name of the template without the path like this:

sFilename = "changes-template.fm";

Is there a way to get the current directory where the script is from the file system? Then I could construct the absolute path that Fm seems to need.

Or maybe there is a better way to go about this?

Thanks,

Mark

frameexpert · Accepted Answer

You can do something like the code below, which finds a settings file with the same name as the script, but with a .cfg extension.

    // Make a File object for the settings XML file.
    var settingsFile = new File($.fileName.replace (/\.jsx$/i , ".cfg"));
    if (settingsFile.exists === false) {
        $.writeln ("Settings file does not exist: " + settingsFile.fsName);
    }

The $.fileName property gives you the path to the currently running script. Here I am replacing the .jsx extension with .cfg.

In your case, you could use something like this:

    // Make a File object for the template.
    var template = new File($.fileName.replace (/[^\/]+$/, "changes-template.fm"));
    if (template.exists === false) {
        $.writeln ("Template does not exist: " + template.fsName);
    }

One important thing: make sure you save the script before using this code. $.fileName returns (Script#) from an untitled script.

-Rick

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