Working With Paths
This exercise teaches you how to work with absolute and relative paths.
Introduction
Scenome uses paths to refer to files on the hard disk. There are two types of paths from
one resource to another resource:
- Absolute Path: C:\PALETTES\LIGHTS.BOX
- Relative Path: .\PALETTES\LIGHTS.BOX
- This is an example of an absolute path. In this case BILLINGS_W.BOX references a file with an absolute system path.
- BILLINGS_W.BOX references C:\DATABASES\MONTANA\PALETTES\BILLINGS_MATERIALS.BOX
- BILLINGS_W.BOX references C:\DATABASES\MONTANA\PALETTES\BILLINGS_LIGHTS.BOX
- The absolute path to any resource starts at the root of the hard drive.
- The relative path to any resource starts at the local of the resource that wishes to reference another resource.
- This is an example of a relative path. In this case BILLINGS_W.BOX references a file in a sub-directory called RESOURCES.
- BILLINGS_W.BOX references \PALETTES\BILLINGS_MATERIALS.BOX
- BILLINGS_W.BOX references \PALETTES\BILLINGS_LIGHTS.BOX
- This is an example of a relative path. In this case BILLINGS_W.BOX references a file in a super-directory called RESOURCES.
- BILLINGS_W.BOX references ..\PALETTES\BILLINGS_MATERIALS.BOX
- BILLINGS_W.BOX references ..\PALETTES\BILLINGS_LIGHTS.BOX
Best Practice
Relative paths are best practice; use absolute paths only when strictly necessary.
Finished Version
There is no finished version of this model available.