GetFolderItem Location

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I am trying to find the path to my executable file on a Mac. I have a file named “VSM3.png” residing in the same directory as my executable after compiling. When I use the command
f= GetFolderItem(“VSM3.png”)

I get the path of the executable file, but the following is tacked on to the path
appName.app/Contents/MacOS/AppName

I thought GetFolderItem looks inside the same folder as your application (or your project, if you’re running it from within the IDE).

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

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This is because the path to the executable on OSX is NOT the directory of the .APP file (which is reality is a folder)…
The executable is INSIDE in (/contents/MacOS/) to be precise

f=app.ExecutableFile.parent.parent.parent.parent.child("VSM3.png")

seems to give the correct result… but yeah… I agree the what you stated… SHOULD work

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Thank you very much. I understand how it works now.

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Bryan,

did you try with the stand alone application ?

did you have a copy of the file inside your applciation bundle ?