Hello

I am writing my own sample player as PD external.
Right now, when I load the audio samples into the object (using messages like "load path/to/file/a4.wav") I have to specify the full path of each sample.
Is there a C function that gives me the path of the containing patch?
Right now I have an additional messy patch that uses the getdir object and some "dirty tricks" to go around the issue, but there must be a much simpler way ...

If you want to have a look at the project, it's here:
https://github.com/nicolamontecchio/pd_sampleplayer
It has only been tested with mono samples, and I am still polishing much of the code, but it works well enough for me to attach a midi keyboard and play

Thanks!
Nicola

Hello m0nty,

To use a relative path would not be so easy from a C program like when on the command line. You could have a look how it is done for the [declare] object which can also use a path relative to the containing patch, [declare -path]. The C code for [declare] is in g_canvas.c.

Katja

Thanks for the pointer Katja.

In case it is useful to other people, I found what I was looking for:

canvas_getcurrentdir()

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I tried using it when processing an incoming message, but pd crashes; it works perfectly however when I call it from the pd object "constructor" (in my case the

void [*sampleplayer_tilde_new(t_floatarg f)[/code]
method), so I store it inside an object variable (the path does not change, so it makes sense to use it this way).