#include Question

[blademonkey]

I have a script that is including another au3 file. in the include file there's a piece of code that uses @scriptdir path which, when included into another script, ends up not being the intended path.

for instance, let's say we have :

\\server1\share\File1.au3

\\server2\share\file2.au3

we're including file1.au3 in file2.au3 so file2 will look like this

#include "\\server1\share\File1.au3"
[...]

and file1 looks like this:

$sFilename = @scriptdir & '\' & stringtrimright(@scriptname,3) & '.ini')
$sSection = "user1"
$sKey = "password"
$sPWD = iniread($sFilename, $sSection, $sKey,"")

When i compile file2, the path for @scriptdir is \\server2\share\ but i want to reference \\server1\share\ (so that i dont have to copy the file to every program folder that i have).

any recommendation would be appreciated.

thanks.

[herewasplato]

I do not know what the best solution to that would be, but I see that some smart folk are on the forum atm - so maybe this will be a timely bump.

[Jos]

mmm could be me not thinking strait but i don't understand it ....

I would think that this should work since you hardcode server1 anyways:

File2.au3

$ServerPath = "\\server1\share"
#include "\\server1\share\File1.au3"

File1.au3

$sFilename = $ServerPath & '\' & stringtrimright(@scriptname,3) & '.ini')
$sSection = "user1"
$sKey = "password"
$sPWD = iniread($sFilename, $sSection, $sKey,"")

Edited January 16, 2008 by Jos

[blademonkey]

mmm could be me not thinking strait but i don't understand it ....

I would think that this should work since you hardcode server1 anyways:

File2.au3

$ServerPath = "\\server1\share"
#include "\\server1\share\File1.au3"

File1.au3

$sFilename = $ServerPath & '\' & stringtrimright(@scriptname,3) & '.ini')
$sSection = "user1"
$sKey = "password"
$sPWD = iniread($sFilename, $sSection, $sKey,"")

Well I'm not sure what you mean to do by adding the server path.

What I'm saying is that at compile time, the @scriptdir will point to the path for file2 (because i'm including the file1 code inside it) and not file1. What I would like to do is to reference, in some variable way (so i do not have to hardcode the location everytime), the path of for file1, again without hardcoding.

not possible?

[PsaltyDS]

When i compile file2, the path for @scriptdir is \\server2\share\ ...

You are broken already with that assumption.

<Insert favorite wise crack about assumptions here.>

The value of a macro like @ScriptDir IS NOT interpreted at all at compile time! The script is not being run while it is being "compiled", so no value is being substituted for the text "@ScriptDir". The text file is being parsed into something else that you wouldn't recognize if you could see it.

I think the best you'll get is some kind of "PreProcessor" to dynamically update the text of a static Global variable assignment just before you compile.

[Jos]

Still don't understand why my provided solution wouldn't work ....

[blademonkey]

Alright, thanks for the correction on the assumption and pointing me in the right direction.

From looking at that thread it seems more complicated to code a solution than hardoding the path manually.

So i will deal.

Thanks.

-Blademonkey

[blademonkey]

Still don't understand why my provided solution wouldn't work ....

I was trying to get away from hardcoding a path in the include file, as that path is subject to change.

[Bert]

you could use a ini as a director as a workaround