wxruby development - Feb 2010 - [ wxruby-Bugs-27762 ] Generated ruby file from xrc source uses incorrect xml.load statement

Bugs item #27762, was opened at 2010-02-01 11:53
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Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 3
Submitted By: Joel Dezenzio (jdezenzio)
Assigned to: Nobody (None)
Summary: Generated ruby file from xrc source uses incorrect xml.load statement

Initial Comment:
When packaging any WxRuby project into an executable for windows porting, the
xml.load statement that''s generated in the ruby file from xrc source
resolves to the current working directory.

If your app.exe is sitting in the desktop, the xml.load resolves to:

C:/users/joel/desktop/ui/ui.xrc

.. which is incorrect as an executable (for instance ocra) is unpackaged in the
appdata/temp directory on windows (the correct path) and run from there. 
Because you are using xml.load with a relative path instead of an absolute path,
it will not work.

You need to change xml.load from xml.load(''blah.xrc'') to:

xml.load(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__),"blah.xrc"))

I have tested this code on multiple gui apps and it works in all locations where
the executable is placed and run.  Per the ruby api, load resolves to an
absolute path.

Thanks.


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