Question: User defined tools path

[zajchap]

This may be an obvious question, but is it possible to put a relative path into the 'Path' argument  of a UDT, so it always points to the instance that is currently open?

[.dan.g.]

All ToDoList UDTs run a new instance which then looks for an existing instance to connect to, or opens a new instance if none is found.

Can you explain what specific problem you are having or trying to solve?

[zajchap]

I currently am putting in the tool path as so:

i.e. an absolute path.

I still upgrade via downloading the new version, unpacking it, copying the .ini from the previous version, etc, etc..  I do this because I can't upgrade directly due to IT policy.

However, the tool path now points to the previous version.  Is there a way of making the path relative, so it always points to the new TDL instance (which in my case is in the same directory as the .ini file)?

On 9/05/2017 12:23 p.m., .dan.g. wrote:

Can you explain what problem you are specifically trying to solve?

On Monday, 8 May 2017 20:03:02 UTC+10, zajchap wrote:

This may be an obvious question, but is it possible to put a relative path into the 'Path' argument  of a UDT, so it always points to the instance that is currently open?

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[.dan.g.]

In that case, just use 'ToDoList.exe'.

On Tuesday, 9 May 2017 20:28:44 UTC+10, zajchap wrote:

I currently am putting in the tool path as so:

i.e. an absolute path.

I still upgrade via downloading the new version, unpacking it, copying the .ini from the previous version, etc, etc..  I do this because I can't upgrade directly due to IT policy.

However, the tool path now points to the previous version.  Is there a way of making the path relative, so it always points to the new TDL instance (which in my case is in the same directory as the .ini file)?

On 9/05/2017 12:23 p.m., .dan.g. wrote:

Can you explain what problem you are specifically trying to solve?

On Monday, 8 May 2017 20:03:02 UTC+10, zajchap wrote:

This may be an obvious question, but is it possible to put a relative path into the 'Path' argument  of a UDT, so it always points to the instance that is currently open?

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[zajchap]

Thanks Dan.

I figured it might be simple.  However, if multiple instances is enabled, you get this:

While I think of it, it would be great to get a relative path for the Icon field as well.

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[.dan.g.]

That's right, specifying just 'ToDoList.exe' still runs a new instance. 

Just include $(filepath) as an argument to specify the active tasklist.