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#Project Portability

    07-Jul-93 04:04:21
Sb: #Project Portability
Fm: Peter Hanrahan 100033,124
To: Impulse
Hi Folks, Here's a suggestion for Version 3 to improve the portability of projects and objects. Back when I used Videoscape 3D I loved the way that it took the directory in which a SET file was kept as being the base location for other files. i.e. in Imagine terms, if a project called 'Cube' on DH1: has an object listed in a staging file as `Objects/Cube.iob' then `DH1:CUBE.imp/Objects/Cube.iob' is loaded. If the directory CUBE.imp was moved to a different location, then Imagine would take `Objects/Cube.iob' as being within the directory in that new location. Similarly with brushes etc. As a rule, all of my projects are in a logical assign calle `IM:' and so I can move things about fairly simply, but I have seen a number of objects with associated brushes, and complete projects uploaded, and working out where everything goes is currently a bit of a nightmare. Peter — AutoPilot Engaged —