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spedas/gui/utilities/
sourcepath.pro
Routines
top source SourcePath
result = SourcePath( [Base_Name=string])
This procedure returns the directory path associated with
the routine calling this function. This is useful for
building applications that need to bootstrap resource and
configuration files when the installation directory may not
be known until run time. Use this function in conjunction
with FILEPATH to build platform-independent file path strings
to your resources.
For example,
b = WIDGET_BUTTON(tlb, /BITMAP, $
VALUE=FILEPATH('up.bmp', ROOT = SourcePath(), SUBDIR = ['resource'])
This will search for a file named "up.bmp" in the subdirectory named
"resource" below the directory in which is located the source code
(or SAVE file) for the routine containing the above statement.
Return value
The return value is the root directory path to the calling routine's source file or SAVE file.
Keywords
- Base_Name out optional type=string
Set this keyword to a named variable to retrieve the base file name of the routine's source.
Examples
Create a file myapp.pro with the contents and run it.
PRO MYAPP
PRINT, SourcePath()
END
The printed output will be the full path to the
directory in which abc.pro was created, regardless of
IDL's current working directory.
Author information
- History:
03/18/2005 JLP, RSI - Original version
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| Modification date: | Thu Feb 13 16:41:46 2014 |
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