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[solved!] XML serialization and relative paths [message #19028]

Thu, 06 November 2008 13:48

Mindtraveller
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Registered: August 2007
Location: Russia, Moscow rgn.

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Recently I used StoreAsXMLFile/LoadFromXMLFile on POSIX system with latest build. And discovered no xml file in my executable`s directory. Finally discovered it is situated in ~/.upp/<exe_name>/<exe_name>.xml
This is really good default behaviour. But when I define filename with relative path, it is still situated in ~/.upp/<exe_name> directory! This is the surprise I want to talk about.

The problem is that I have a number of the same executables (in a number of directories) which should hold different configurations for each of them. But it can`t be done with standard functions as all the XML config files are overwritten within one directory.

I dag into U++ and discovered that IsFullPath() is called, which is false even for files like "./setup.conf". Yes, it is not a full path, but it is exactly the path I want. And function must work with this file with no surprises.

My proposal is to rename these functions to StoreAsXMLFileDefault/LoadFromXMLFileDefault and add StoreAsXMLFile/LoadFromXMLFile functions with no surprises in their behaviour.

[Updated on: Thu, 06 November 2008 22:24]

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Re: XML serialization and relative paths [message #19035 is a reply to message #19028]

Thu, 06 November 2008 21:55

mirek
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Registered: November 2005

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Actually, I am not sure who implemented sXMLFile and what he was thinking (but I am afraid it was me Smile

.

In any case, IMO, there is no need to rename - let us just fix that stupid idea:

static String sXMLFile(const char *file)
{
    return file ? String(file) : ConfigFile(GetExeTitle() + ".xml");
/*    if(file)
        return IsFullPath(file) ? String(file) : ConfigFile(file);
    else
        return ConfigFile(GetExeTitle() + ".xml");*/
}

Mirek

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Re: XML serialization and relative paths [message #19037 is a reply to message #19035]

Thu, 06 November 2008 22:23

Mindtraveller
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Registered: August 2007
Location: Russia, Moscow rgn.

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Thanks!

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