I assume that you start your first app is starting your second app with NativeProcess:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/desktop/NativeProcess.html When you start the process, you pass in an NativeProcessStartupInfo object: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/desktop/NativeProcessStartupInfo.html The NativeProcessStartupInfo has a workingDirectory property: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/desktop/NativeProcessStartupInfo.html#workingDirectory - Josh On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 2:27 PM, Kyle McKnight <kamck...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oh sorry, I guess I didn't explain it all. I am using that for my > application, but my app starts up a 2nd app, and so that won't work for > that 2nd app. I could have the developer of the 2nd app accept a parameter > to the path I need, but that's harder to do since he's hard to get ahold > of. It all works fine in release, but depending on the IDE I use and how > the IDE starts up adl, it is harder during debugging since I have to do a > bunch of scripting of a batch to start the adl, and the IDE to start the > batch rather than using any of the IDEs built-in build methods > > > Kyle McKnight > Senior UI Engineer - Accesso > 602.515.1444 (M) > > On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 5:24 PM, Josh Tynjala <joshtynj...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > You can use File.applicationDirectory to get the main directory of the > > application. You should be able to resolve your relative path from there. > > > > - Josh > > > > On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 11:21 AM, Kyle McKnight <kamck...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > I have a Flex/AIR application using flex 4.15 and AIR 20. > > > > > > I'm using IntelliJ to build the project. > > > > > > I have a run configuration that uses the "flash app" configuration. > > > > > > My application starts up a java service and an executable. > > > > > > The executable that is started has a relative path coded inside of it > > that > > > should lead to a file within some folders that are in the same > directory > > as > > > the executable. > > > > > > If I run adl from the commandline in the directory I want as the > runtime > > > working directory then it works fine. > > > > > > If I start the application using Intellij, then Intellij runs this > > command > > > first: > > > > > > "<path_to_Intellij_home>\jre\jre\bin\java.exe" > > > -Dapplication.home=<path_to_flex/air_home> -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 > > > -Djava.awt.headless=true -Duser.language=en -Duser.region=en -Xmx512m > > > -classpath <path_to_flex/air_home>/lib/fdb.jar > > > flex.tools.debugger.cli.DebugCLI -ide > > > > > > And then runes the adl command > > > <path_to_adl>\adl.exe -profile extendedDesktop <path_to_app_xml> > > > <path_to_root_directory> > > > > > > THe problem with this is that then the relative directory that the > > > executable my app starts up is located at > > > <path_to_intellij_home>\jre\jre\bin. > > > > > > So the executable can't find the needed file. > > > > > > The only way I have found around this is to use the flash remote > debugger > > > run configuration, have that configuration run another configuration > that > > > calls a bat file for me first; the bat file changes directory to the > > > correct directory and then runes the adl command itself, and this > > > configuration builds first. > > > > > > So the order there is build->call runapp.bat (which runs the adl > > > command)->start REMOTE debugger. But obviously this stinks to have to > do. > > > > > > So my options are to pass in the path from my app to the executable i'm > > > starting, or to figure out how to manipulate intellij. > > > > > > Anyone run into this or know how I might fix it? > > > > > > Kyle McKnight > > > Senior UI Engineer - Accesso > > > 602.515.1444 (M) > > > > > >