How to load a text-resource from a bundle (Plugin)

[Aya Koshigaya]

Hi,

thanks for your answers :)

> You might want to retry using the
> [NSBundle bundleForClass:NSClassFromString(@"YourClassName")]


And what should I use as ClassName? I don't have any ObjC Classes..  
only normal C-Classes.. can I use these too?


> +[NSBundle mainBundle] gives you the bundle of the app in which your  
> plugin is loaded, so that indeed won't work. You should use either + 
> [NSBundle bundleWithIdentifier:] or +[NSBundle bundleForClass:] to  
> get the bundle of your plugin.


I tried these two allready,both weren't working for me (see the  
original mail, there I said why I had problems with these two)

Regards,
Aya


On Dec 29, 2007, at 11:46, scott little wrote:

> Aya,
>
> You might want to retry using the
>
> [NSBundle bundleForClass:NSClassFromString(@"YourClassName")]
>
> This might work for you,
>
> scott
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> On 29/12/2007, at 02:46, Aya Koshigaya wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have developed a plugin for Autodesk Maya for Windows. I now want  
>> to port this plugin to OSX.. and here i have some problems :(
>>
>> I opened one of the Maya-ExamplePlugins in xCode and then just  
>> replaced all the files with my own. So far, no problem.. but I'm  
>> using some resources that I included to my plugin.
>>
>> In Windows I used the WinAPI functions "FindResource" and  
>> "LoadResource".. and here's the problem, I have no idea how to port  
>> this to osx.
>>
>> In xCode I added my Resource (It's a textfile "data.txt") and put  
>> it in the Resources-Folder so it will be copied to the bundle when  
>> building.
>>
>> I now tried to load the file via Cocoa:
>> NSString *nsResource = [[NSBundle  
>> mainBundle]pathForResource:@"data" ofType:@"txt"];
>>
>> But the resource wasn't found, I found out, the problem is  
>> "mainBundle" is the Maya-Bundle, not my plugin...
>>
>>
>> After this I tried to find my bundle, but with no result.. :(
>> When  I use this:
>> [NSBundle bundleForClass:[self class]];
>>
>> I get a compile-error that says "self is undeclared", because my  
>> plugin is still written in C, not ObjC... and I'm using the ObjC  
>> functions inside my normal C-functions = no self.
>>
>> Next try was:
>> [NSBundle bundleWithIdentifier:@"de.koshigaya.test"];
>>
>> the result was NULL.. no bundle with this identifier was found :(
>>
>> As last thing I tried to list ALL bundles and see if my own one is  
>> found with this:
>>
>> 	NSArray *bundles = [NSBundle allBundles];
>> 	for (int i = 0; i < [bundles count]; i++) {
>> 		NSBundle *b = [bundles objectAtIndex:i];
>> 		NSString *vident = [b bundleIdentifier];
>> 		printOut([vident UTF8String]);
>> 	}
>>
>> and... It only listed ONE bundle.. the same as "mainBundle".. ->  
>> com.alias.Maya.2008
>>
>> So... no I have no idea what to do more.. I'm totally helpless..
>> Maybe Maya isn't realy "loading" my Bundle..? I mean, maybe Maya  
>> uses a way to load the bundle so it's not registered or something..  
>> don't know.. :/
>>
>> Does anyone know what I can do? Help...
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>  Aya
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