Relative path in package control options

[Mekugi]

Hi,

In an attempt to workaround an issue with version-controlled shared packages in EA 11.1 (http://www.sparxsystems.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?num=1421225830), I would like to use package control without version control (packages represented with the red box on the left side).

I noticed that it was possible to use "Local Paths" IDs when specifying the XMI file name in the Package Control Options window (Ctrl+Alt+P), using %ID%.
I was wondering if there were other EA macros that could be used in that context, such as the .eap project path, or the path of the containing package's XMI file?

Thank you by advance

[qwerty]

ICR anything else. For what purpose would you use "other" macros?

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[Eve]

Open the local paths dialog and add a new path with any id and a type of XMI.
Use that path in the controlled packages dialog (ie. %MYPATH%\file.xmi)

[Mekugi]

Thank you for the answers.

@Simon: yes, as stated in the original post, it is possible to define a local path and associate it to an id. But these are all absolute paths and are apparently shared by all EA projects.

@qwerty: Purpose is to be able to properly use a same controlled package present in different locations on the hard drive, from different EA projects. Hence I wanted to be able to use a path relative, for example, to the location of the EA project file; alternative could be to use a local path that would be project-specific, but does this exist?

Mekugi

[qwerty]

IIRC the relative path question has been asked a couple of times (though not my main interest in EA) and the answer was "not possible". What you can do is to set up some outer configuration control for the %appdata%/sparx.../EA/paths.txt where you mangle the single path such that they end in the right directory for all people.

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[Mekugi]

@qwerty: interesting, I thought the local paths were stored somewhere in the registry, like the version control settings.

I might be able to hook a script to the open project event and that would patch the path.txt file...

Thx

[qwerty]

Keep in mind that EA only reads that file when launched (at least that's what I had in mind, but you could verify that easily). So the use case would be limited to that constraint.

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[Mekugi]

Very pertinent remark.

Thanks!

[Aswin Krishnan H]

How do I consume the "controlled package path" in Scripting ?

[qwerty]

Read the paths.txt file and interpret it.

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[Aswin Krishnan H]

is it the one in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Sparx Systems\EA\paths.txt", that was empty...  :-/

[Mekugi]

No, it is in the application data of your local user profile.

[Aswin Krishnan H]

No, it is in the application data of your local user profile.

Thanks ! I got the file

it reads "%PATH%;type=Version Control;id=svc_arch;path=C:\SVC\EA-Local-One;"

But how do i get the value of %svc_arch% in JScript.

[qwerty]

Write a parser for CSV or use some lib version.

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[Aswin Krishnan H]

Write a parser for CSV or use some lib version.

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Thanks !  but how to access the path of the file ? (I have the paths.txt in C:\Users\harikria\AppData\Roaming\Sparx Systems\EA)
I dont want to hard code the location as it will keep on changing for different users.

How do i get to read the paths.txt from EA, without hard coding the location  :-/

I find that using " echo %appdata%  " you can get the App Data Folder, so if I append " Sparx Systems\EA " to the location, I hope the paths.txt will be created in the same folder all the time.