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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / USBs and Paths

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hatothedee
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Posted: 3rd Oct 2013 02:38
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I have saved a file (as a project) on a USB and once I open it again later, there is no code. (this is the same computer, by the way) Also, if I happen to have something load in, how will I make a correct path if I want to play on another computer with Darkbasic Pro? Example:



^say that is the current code, but how will it find this file on a different computer?
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Brendy boy
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Posted: 3rd Oct 2013 02:53
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Quote: "say that is the current code, but how will it find this file on a different computer? "

it wont!!!

files that you reference in your code need to be in the project folder and you need to reference them using relative paths like this load image "images/water.bmp"

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hatothedee
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So will I have all my files with that game? As in, I create a folder with the game and all the files and have those files in their own separate folders? Thank you for your help. I still don't understand how all my code isn't showing up if I saved the project.
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hatothedee
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Posted: 3rd Oct 2013 03:13 Edited at: 3rd Oct 2013 05:00
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So will I have all my files with that game? As in, I create a folder with the game and all the files and have those files in their own separate folders? Thank you for your help. I still don\'t understand how all my code isn\'t showing up if I saved the project.
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Phaelax
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Posted: 3rd Oct 2013 08:41
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Not sure I follow the problem. You're saving your project to a usb drive and then you can't view it? My guess is you're saving the project file to the usb but the source file is located elsewhere.

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chafari
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Posted: 3rd Oct 2013 12:00
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Hi there.
I test all .exe , in several PC of my familly at home to see compatibility in different operative systems . I have darkbasic instaled in all of PC, and I just have to open the project saved in folder into usb drive ...project works in all PCs

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Rudolpho
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Posted: 5th Oct 2013 01:32
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Actually the IDE always fails to open a project for me if I just double click on it to open it from explorer. Just open it manually from inside the IDE instead (ctrl + o).


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hatothedee
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Posted: 5th Oct 2013 07:15
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Oh haha, I actually figured it all out today. With the path issue, I forgot that I had to pack the images/sounds/etc. with the game. Then the problem with opening a game from a USB is that I did not save the source along with the project. Anyway, thank you guys.
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Phaelax
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Posted: 5th Oct 2013 18:14
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Quote: "I did not save the source along with the project."


Isn't that what I said?

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hatothedee
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Posted: 8th Oct 2013 05:01
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Haha, sorry about that. I didn't pay attention to that, but I should have. Forgive me?
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Derek Darkly
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Posted: 10th Oct 2013 21:06 Edited at: 10th Oct 2013 21:08
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Outside of testing at home, you don't want to load your files with specific drive names in the path like "C:\..."
This is because a player on another computer might have their hard drive or flash drive named E:,G:,F: or whatever.

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