get extension path withing jsx file

[karpiyon]

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.

[Trevor:]

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.

[Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew]

$.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;

[karpiyon]

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]

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.

[karpiyon]

i placed, as you suggested, this in my main.jsx:

function getExtRoot(){
    var filePath = $.fileName; 
    var fileDir = (new File(filePath)).path; 
    alert(fileDir);
    return fileDir;
}

At the bottom i have my actual function whic should run my final script.

When set scriptDir to the full puth it is working, when i use it like this it returns the path to Photoshop installation

function createSplitWrapper(panelData) {
    var scriptDir = getExtRoot();
    var scriptFile = "/createSplitLayout.jsx";
    var runScript = File(scriptDir + scriptFile);
    alert("scriptDir:" + scriptDir + "\nrunScript" + runScript);
    $.evalFile (runScript); 
}

[karpiyon]

I gave up...

I simple passed the path as a variable from the js to the jsx.

[Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew]

Your example works fine on my machine. Maybe you have another panel or section of code modifying the $ object somewhere.

Also, there's nothing wrong with the js to jsx approach, that's how it's done in the sample.