access local paths from addin

[SomersetGraham]

Hi
Our model makes use of the local paths and directories feature.
We also have an addin that now has a need to access theses settings
For example one part of the addin wants to check that the source file associated with a class exists.
Currently it is receiving a value of %ROOT%...
Is there a way to find out what the value of %ROOT% is?

Thanks

[qwerty]

Read the file %appdata%/..sparx../ea/paths.txt

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