[javascript-dev] Re: [bugreport] this.patcher.filepath

Quote: thijs.koerselman wrote on Fri, 05 October 2007 12:46
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> this.patcher.filepath only works in a javascript object that is located in the main patcher window. If you place the js object with the same script in a subpatcher, the attribute seems to return an empty string.
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> I suspect this might be a known issue, but I can't find it in the archives.
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> (Windows 4.6.3)
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> -Thijs
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I assume filepath is only available for patchers that are actually saved to disk, i.e. abstractions and top patchers. 

To get the file path of the top patcher from inside a subpatcher you need to traverse up until you reach the top patcher and take the filepath property of that one..

Mattijs
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