Gary,
the README does mention that absolute paths may not work,
so it is as advertised. In the meantime, check to see how
Vrml97Player handles paths returned from fileDialog.
Rick
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>Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 08:40:15 -0500
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gary Moss)
>Subject: Re: [java3d] Loading files via the vrml-java3d VRML97 loader
>To: Rick Goldberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Hi Rick,
>
> Yes, I am using VrmlLoader, sorry about that. And yes load(
>"Models/"+filename) works if I
>"hardwire it", however the relative path ("Models/") is not available from the
>FileDialog, I guess it is possible
>extract the relative path from the absolute path returned from
>FileDialog.getDirectory() by comparing it to the
>working directory path, but VrmlLoader or more likely it's superclass is not
>functioning as advertised. I did
>note that when "basepath" is set via VrmlLoader.setBasePath(), that path is
>APPENDED to the working directory
>in looking for textures when parsing theVRML file, this gives a bogus path name
>like:
>
> D:\blah-blah\D:\blah-blah\Models\texture.jpg
>
> All would be simpler if the loader would except an absolute pathname, or
>FileDialog returned the
>relative path.
>
>-Gary
>
>
>
>
>
>
>Rick Goldberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 01/28/99 02:41:47 PM
>To: Gary Moss/arl@arl, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>cc:
>Subject: Re: [java3d] Loading files via the vrml-java3d VRML97 loader
>
>
>Gary,
>
>I take it you mean "com.sun.j3d.loaders.vrml97.VrmlLoader.load()" and not
>"com.sun.j3d.loaders.vrml97.load()". If this is the case, did you try
>
>load("Models/"+fileName);
>
>?
>
>
>
>
>
> Rick
>>Hello,
>>
>> I guess this question crosses both forums. I am using the vrml-java3d
>>Working Group's loader and am having trouble with
>> com.sun.j3d.loaders.vrml97.load(String pathname). It
>>works fine if I give it a relative path name to the file. However, I am
>using
>>the
>>java.awt.FileDialog to grab files from a subdirectory called "Models".
>>I use Filedialog.getFile() which returns the file itself, without the
>"Models/"
>>in
>>front of it. I pass this to load() which tries to be helpful and prepends
>the
>>path
>>name of my working directory (up to but not including "Models/"). So, I get:
>>
>> D:\blah-blah-blah\file.wrl
>>
>>instead of
>>
>> D:\blah-blah-blah\Models\file.wrl
>>
>> I tried setting basepath by calling
>> com.sun.j3d.loaders.Loader.setBasePath() with the
>>name of the directory (including "Models/") returned from
>>FileDialog.getDirectory(), but the load() method appears
>>to ignore it even though getBasePath() reflects the
>>desired basepath! If I give it the absolute path to the
>>file, it insists on prepending the basepath anyway. The
>>source code supplied with the VRML97 loader
>>(stamped "VrmlLoader.java 1.13 98/11/05 20:33:08")
>>appears to apply basepath correctly...
>>
>>
>> private void LoadFile( String basepath, String geomfile )
>> {
>> try
>> {
>> // Load a geometry file.
>> VrmlLoader modelLoader = new VrmlLoader();
>> System.out.println( "Basepath="
>> + modelLoader.getBasePath() ); // prints "Basepath=null"
>> System.out.println( "Loading \"" + basepath
>> + geomfile + " ..." ); // looks correct
>> modelLoader.setBasePath( basepath );
>> System.out.println( "Basepath="
>> + modelLoader.getBasePath() ); // looks correct
>> Scene scene = modelLoader.load( geomfile ); // uses wrong basepath
>> System.out.println( "File loaded." );
>> if( scene != null )
>> {
>> BranchGroup sceneGroup = scene.getSceneGroup();
>> modelTransformGroup.addChild( sceneGroup );
>> }
>> }
>> catch( FileNotFoundException e )
>> {
>> System.out.println( geomfile + ": " + e.getMessage() );
>> }
>>
>>
>> I am using VRML97 BETA2 "REV C" on NT 4.0 SP4 w/
>>jdk1.2 and j3d1.1.
>>
>>Wa hoppin? Thanks,
>>-Gary
>>
>>
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