animate extenstions api

[Galphimbl]

in zxp archive i have *.apr file (publish profile) and want to use document.importPublishProfile( fileURI ) to import this profile, but i can't get extension working directory to generate fileURI.

how can i get extension working dir, or any ways do what i want ?

[kglad]

Install extensions in Adobe Animate

[ClayUUID]

fl.configDirectory

Description

Read-only property; a string that specifies the full path for the local user’s Configuration directory in a platform-specific format. To specify this path as a file:/// URI, which is not platform-specific, use fl.configURI.

Example

The following example displays the Configuration directory in the Output panel:

fl.trace("My local configuration directory is " + fl.configDirectory);

[Galphimbl]

ok, i have config dirrectory. how can i get extension dirrectory ?

[ClayUUID]

That IS the extension directory.

[Galphimbl]

no.. this is config directory.

[ClayUUID]

Galphimbl  wrote

no.. this is config directory.

The config directory is where extensions are installed. If you have an extension that adds command scripts, it would put them in Configuration/Commands. If an extension adds code snippets, they go in Configuration/CodeSnippets. Etc.

[Galphimbl]

QUESTION: how can i get full path to custom-profile.apr ?

[Galphimbl]

ok... again...

i have already installed extension.

my extension folders structure.

./

--client

----index.html

--host

----index.jsx

--publish-profiles

----custom-profile.apr

what i want...?

from index.jsx run code

fl.getDocumentDOM().importPublishProfile("../publish-profile/custom-profile.apr");

but... if i run this code i have error "Error: importPublishProfile: Argument number 1 is invalid";

i know why i have this error... because i need fileURI

then i try another code

fl.getDocumentDOM().importPublishProfile("file:///../publish-profile/custom-profile.apr");

and i have same error again.. because i need full path....

QUESTION: how can i get full path to custom-profile.apr ?

[JoãoCésar]

Hi.

Use fl.scriptURI and then manipulate the full string path to access the file you want. Like this:

fl.getDocumentDOM().importPublishProfile(fl.scriptURI.replace("host/" + fl.scriptURI.split("/").pop(), "publish-profiles/custom-profile.apr"));

Regards,

JC

[Galphimbl]

thanks for answer, but... one thing went wrong....

alert("[" + fl.scriptURI + "]"); // alerts "[unknown:]"

[JoãoCésar]

Is your script file saved?

[Galphimbl]

yes, it's signed and installed CEP extension..

when i run script from commands, it returns valid URI...

but from extension "unknown:" (((

[JoãoCésar]

This is odd.

fl.scriptURI should return the location of the script file no matter where it is.

[Galphimbl]

any other ideas ?

[JoãoCésar]

Would you mind sharing your project? You can remove important parts/files if you wish. Just leave the minimum structure so I can test if I can get the jsx file path.

[Galphimbl]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2v45fsgg6vbbv2j/extension.zip?dl=0

you can try...

to start project you need install nodeJS

open command prompt / terminal

go to project dir

run - npm install

run - "node_modules/.bin/gulp" --gulpfile "gulpfile.js" build-debug

after any changes use last command. it build -> sign -> install extension

[JoãoCésar]

Thanks a lot.

I haven't run you project yet but I noticed that you don't have a .jsx file. All JSAPI commands like fl.scriptURI will only work if they are coming from a .jsx file.

You could, for example, create a file called index.jsx within the host folder and in this file you could write something like this:

function getScriptPath()

{

     var scriptURI = fl.scriptURI;

     fl.trace(scriptURI);

     return scriptURI;

}

Then in your client JavaScript file (say index.js) you could use:

csInterface.evalScript("getScriptPath()");

For more info, please see this guide:

GitHub - Adobe-CEP/Getting-Started-guides: Getting Started guides and samples for CEP extensions

Regards,

JC

[Galphimbl]

file src -> host -> index.tsx compiled into output- > host -> index.jsx

all compiled structure you can see in output folder.

also in this folder you can find extension.zxp that installed into Adobe Animate.

you can open extension.zxp to lookup structure using 7-zip for example

[Galphimbl]

any ideas ?

[UDESCO · Accepted solution]

For CEP extensions, you can use CSInterface APIs to get the extension's root-

     var cs = new CSInterface();

     var extensionPath = cs.getSystemPath(SystemPath.EXTENSION);

For other extensions, you can use either of the ways suggested above:

     Extensions folder location: an.configURI +"/extensions/";

     Jsfl script location: an.scriptURI

[Galphimbl]

thanks a lot, your solution really works.