Access file within project

General
1

To access (read) a file with is in my project, I simply do (for example a picture “NeuronyxFond.jpg”):
MyPicture.Graphics.DrawPicture NeuronyxFond,0,0

But, how can I do if I have one 100 files “NeuronyxFond001.jpg”, “NeuronyxFond002.jpg”, and so on ?

I can’t write something like :
MyCount = 59
MyPicture.Graphics.DrawPicture “NeuronyxFond”+str(MyCount),0,0

I would like to have all the files (pictures) in the project, I prefer than to have a folder next to the app with all those files.

Edit : On Mac I can do
GetFolderitem("").Child(App.ExecutableFile.Name + “.app”).Child(“Contents”).Child(“Resources”).Child(“NeuronyxFond”+str(MyCount))
But on Windows?

2

At app.Open, create an array or a dictionary of all of your pictures.
Dim myPics(-1) As picture
myPic.append NeuronyxFond1
myPic.append NeuronyxFond2
—etc—

then you can refer to the needed picture by array element
g.DrawPicture myPic(n), 0, 0

I believe this will be faster during execution than always accessing the pic from resources.

3

Thank you, but in fact I have 600 photos and the name are not File001.jpg, File002.jpg, etc.
They could be “MS-PA-N-PGN.jpg” or “LH-PA-G-PAG.jpg” etc.

Edit: In fact, I can list the content of the folder containing all the file, and use Excel or another app to add before each name "myPic.append ".
This is the only way ? No instruction in Xojo to do that ?

4

Don’t drag them into your project. Put them in a folder that you install with your project and use FolderItems to pull them in as needed.

5

I think I know how to do that on Mac (copy a folder inside the package of the app), but on Windows ?
My app will be Mac and Windows.

6

On Windows, create an Installer. InnoSetup is one option. There are others.

7

Items dragged into your project are conceptually global constants

8

Thank you for yours answers.