Thanks christopher! You saved the day again :P I do have NSlogs everywhere (actually [QCPlugInContext logMessage], not sure you can use NSLog with the official setup), but I didn't know any of this stuff about different bundles - now looking at the path that comes out, its an absolute path! Doesn't matter I guess as long as it works...
Cheers, P.S. my opengl texture appears upside down even though i'm sure my mapping coordinates are correct :S I guess I can just flip the coordinates, but is it a setting somewhere or is it normal? (difference in coordinate system perhaps?) Memo. On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 12:53:11 -0400, Christopher Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi all, in my QCPlugIn, i'm trying to load a bunch of images (some >> of you might remember my problem that sending them in as a struct >> from QC doesn't work). > Some Cocoa magic is afoot here: > >> NSString *imagePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] >> pathForImageResource:@"yes"]; > > It's great that you're using bundle paths. that's the Right Thing to > do in this case. > > However, you're using the wrong bundle. ;) > > [NSBundle mainBundle] will _Always_ refer to the running application's > bundle (QC in this case, QuickTime if you were loading the composition > there, Safari if in a webpage, keynote, whatever, you get the idea). > This is completely not what you want (since the file you're looking > for is in the plugin's bundle, not the app's bundle). > > To get the plugin's bundle, you need to do something like this: > > NSBundle *thisBundle=[NSBundle bundleForClass:[self class]]; > NSString *path=[thisBundle pathForResource:@"yes" ofType:@"png"]; > > the -bundleForClass:[self class] part should get the bundle that > contains the current method's class (the plugin), and then the lookup > proceeds as normal. > > Developer to Developer: don't be afraid to put NSLog(@"blah")'s _All > Over The Place_ with returned values -- this would show the incorrect > path, to help narrow down what's going on. :) paths can be tricky > like that :) > > -- > [ christopher wright ] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://kineme.net/ -- ---------------------------- Mehmet S. Akten [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.memo.tv +44 7958 783 832 +44 20 8123 9986 29 Ironworks Dace Rd. London E3 2NX UK _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Quartzcomposer-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/quartzcomposer-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
