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Mike Buess Posted - 06/29/2001 : 08:32:57 AM
I'm looking for a way to change the current directory while Origin is running and I want to do so without opening a project or any other Origin file. I often launch batch programs with 'run -e' and usually want their working directories to be the Origin program folder. Instead the batch program's working directory is Origin's current directory as described above. Now I am changing directories (cd) within the batch programs and explicitly write in the Origin path. But the batch programs are used in an add-on and the path must be rewritten for each user during setup. It would be easier if I could simply change Origin's current directory prior to launching the batch program. Is that possible?

Mike Buess
Origin WebRing Member

Edited by - Mike Buess on 06/29/2001 08:34:26

Edited by - Mike Buess on 06/29/2001 12:36:13
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Mike Buess Posted - 06/29/2001 : 4:57:58 PM
That's actually the approach that I've been working on today. But it's implementation is a little more complicated if you must allow for any type of Origin installation. The complications arise from two possible situtations:
  • Long file names - If the Origin's path is C:\Origin Program Folder\Origin61.exe, then %Y=C:\Origin Program Folder\ will look like three arguments when passed to the batch program. The simple solution is to enclose %Y in quotation marks.
  • Partitioning, or muliple drives - If you just opened a project on a different drive letter, say E:\Projects, then you must change back to the drive containing Origin before switching to its program directory.
I've settled on this approach: 
run -e filename.bat %[%Y,3] "%Y";
and start the batch program with these two lines: 
%1
cd %2
For the Origin path in my example this becomes 
C:
cd "C:\Origin Program Folder\"
This works well, but some of my batch programs already have several arguments and I was looking for a way to avoid adding two more. But that's probably more a matter of taste than anything else.

Thanks,

Mike Buess
Origin WebRing Member
rtoomey Posted - 06/29/2001 : 3:54:53 PM
What about passing each path as a string variable? For instance, you can pass the path to the Origin directory by executing the run -e as follows:

run -e filename.bat %Y;

The string in %Y would then get passed into the batch file as %1. Similarly, the default path for Origin projects could be obtained and passed:

fdlog.useGroup(Origin);
%A=fdlog.path$;
run -e filename.bat %A; (** See Note **)

Both could be passed, too:

fdlog.useGroup(Origin);
%A=fdlog.path$;
run -e filename.bat %A %Y;

In this case, the paths would be held as follows:
1) Origin projects path: %1
2) Origin directory path: %2

I hope this helps. If this was not (in any way) what you were asking, please let me know!

- rtoomey


** Note ** %Y is a reserved string variable which always holds the path to the Origin directory. Check out the LabTalk Help file or Origin User's Manual to learn about it.

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