Storing resources into "sub-bundle"? - iphone

I'd like to know if it is possible to store resources data into "sub-bundles" or "sub-packages" that I could put into my main AppBundle.
Indeed, I'd like to create a kind of player that reads "content packages", which are all organized the same way, with a standard hierarchical organization :
Package1:
- index.txt
- credits.txt
- Pictures/
-- Pic1.png
-- Pic2.png
- Movies/
-- intro.mov
-- outro.mov
My problem is that I can't find any way to make benefit of a hierarchical organisation into my Application package - I mean that I don't know how to distinguish "Folder1/index.txt" from "Folder2/index.txt", because I just use the "index.txt" identifier when I try to load the content of the file ...
I hope someone could help me, by the way I apologize for my poor english,
Cheers,

First, make sure that you're copying the files into subdirectories of Resources. One way to do this is to add your Package1 as a "folder reference" (select "Create Folder References" instead of "Recursively create groups" when you add it to the project). Another way to do it is to create a new Copy Files build action that copies the files into a subdirectory of Resources.
Once you've done that, you can use NSBundle's -pathForResource:ofType:inDirectory: to find the particular file you want. There's no need to go to the trouble of creating a sub-bundle (which is possible, but more complex).

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Values for %ACTUAL_PATH% Alfresco filing path property

I would like a user to drop a file into a smart folder, have an aspect attached to it, and have the file stored in a folder in a different location.
I have followed the smart folders tutorial, and read the "Smart Folder Template syntax" page (here https://docs.alfresco.com/5.2/concepts/sf-ref-template-guidance.html). The examples I have found only ever show "%ACTUAL_PATH%" as the value for the path property.
What alternative values are possible for the path property of the filing rule? In the following example folder hierarchy, a user would drop a file into "General" and we would like the file stored in "Approved".
Example structure is:
Documents
-> Approved
-> Archived
-> Incoming
-> -> General (a smart folder)
I appreciate any help with this
You can use:
1) XPAth
"/app:company_home/cm:Docments/cm:Approved"
2) You can drop to any other folder with rule on it, to specify more complicated logic to sort created files

Eclipse Plugin Development: Adding items to a working set with the path of the item?

Hello,
I'm an eclipse plugin development newbie looking for pointers to get me started on a particular project.
I am trying to build an eclipse plugin that will automatically construct a working set from a text file that simply consists of a list of file path names. The files/items need not share any parent directories. The rough idea is represented in the following diagram:
I am not asking for the solution to this task. That's the over-arching goal. To achieve that goal, I want to conquer some smaller goals first.
With that in mind, here's the smaller goal I'm currently trying to tackle:
In Eclipse, how can I prompt the user for a single file's path, and then add that file to an existing working set?
I'm not sure where to start. Should I work directly off of the existing org.eclipse.ui.workingSets extension point? Or should I use a collection of other extension points? How do I convert strings into something that can be added to a working set? Do I write code that directly modifies the workingsets.xml file?
Even with a much simpler goal, I still feel quite overwhelmed with the vastness of eclipse extension options. There are probably many ways to go about implementing something like this, but I just need one to get started.
Thanks a bunch!
To manipulate working sets you use the working set manager interface IWorkingSetManager. Get this with:
IWorkingSetManager manager = PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getWorkingSetManager();
From this you can get a particular working by name with:
IWorkingSet workingSet = manager.getWorkingSet("name");
The contents of a working set is an array of IAdaptable objects:
IAdaptable [] contents = workingSet.getElements();
You add to the contents by adding to this array and setting the contents:
IAdaptable [] newContents
.... get new array with old contents + new contents
workingSet.setElements(newContents);
A lot of Eclipse objects implement IAdaptable, for a file in the workspace you would use IFile. You can use dialogs such as ResourceSelectionDialog to select resources from the workspace.

How to exclude a directory in Stream mapping in p4v

I'm using the visual client for perforce and I want to exclude a directory from the workspace. Before streams, I would just navigate to my workspace, find the folder in the tree, and exclude it (and I've found this solution in a number of other related questions I've found). However, now that I am using a stream, it won't let me do this, i have to edit the stream mapping apparently.
So I tried to add this line to the remapped box when editing the stream:
-//NumberPlus/current/Library/... //nplus-mainline/current/Library/
However I just get an error:
Error in stream specification.
Error detected at line 24
Null directory (//) not allowed in '-//NumberPlus/current/Library/...'.
EDIT: I'm in Windows 8.1, for clarification.
If the folder you want to exclude is specific to your machine, setting P4IGNORE locally is the easiest way to exclude it from being added to the depot.
http://www.perforce.com/blog/120214/new-20121-p4ignore
You'd set P4IGNORE to some name like "p4ignore.txt", create a file with that name, and add "Libraries" to it -- subsequent "p4 add" commands will skip over paths found in the P4IGNORE file, so those files will never get added to the depot.
If this is something that's going to be common to all workspaces of this stream (e.g. it's a build artifact that everyone is going to generate and nobody is supposed to check in), what you want to do is add an "exclude" to the stream's Paths (this will exclude it from both branch views and client views generated by that stream). E.g.:
Paths:
share ...
exclude Libraries/...
The "exclude Libraries/..." is basically the same thing as the exclusion line you would add to the client view, except you specify it as a relative path, you don't need to specify both sides of the mapping, and the "-" is implied by the "exclude" type. The "remap" type is if you want to keep those files but in a different depot location, which doesn't sound applicable here.
More information on defining stream views:
http://www.perforce.com/perforce/doc.current/manuals/p4v/streams_views.html
You can't just edit the mappings for your client workspace if it is switched to a particular stream. The whole point of streams is that your workspace mapping is directly generated from the stream definition. So that's a feature.
It's not totally clear whether
you don't want the directory in the stream at all, or
it's valid to have the directory in the stream, but you don't want to sync it to your workstation, or
you want the directory sync'd to your workstation, but you want the directory to have different contents (say, from some other stream which has a different version of the library.
However, for all of these situations, I suspect the best path forward is to define a new child stream of your current stream.
You will want to define the path mappings using the "share", "exclude", "isolate", and "import" mapping types.
For example, if you just didn't want the Library/... directory at all, you'd "exclude" it from your parent.
Then that stream simply won't have that directory, and it (of course) won't be on your workstation when you sync to the stream, either.
If you wanted to have a different copy of the code in the Library/... directory, so that it became a point of intentional divergence from the parent, you'd "isolate" it from your parent to submit your own custom version, or "import" it from another stream to use that stream's Library/... directory instead.
In either case, the directory would be part of the stream, and would be sync'd to your workstation, but the contents of that directory would differ from the contents that are used in the parent stream (the exact way in which they'd differ is under your control, as you define the stream accordingly).
Documentation and some examples are here: http://www.perforce.com/perforce/doc.current/manuals/p4v/streams_views.html
and here:
http://www.perforce.com/sites/default/files/pdf/Streams-ebook.pdf
I believe I have solved this. To be clear, I wanted the folder to be completely ignored by version control. I'm using p4connect with Unity and it keeps wanting to include unnecessary stuff in my depot.
All I had to do was add this line to my parent stream in the Paths box:
exclude current/Library/...

How to resolve Unable to find file.cpp in path(s) in Marmalade?

I'm just trying to begin develop a game in Marmalade (6.3). But when I have made my new sources (.cpp, and .h) and added them to the mkb, and then trying to run my program, then I got an error which says that Unable to find file.cpp in path(s). It's for all of my files except the files (game.h, game.cpp, main.cpp) which were made by Marmalade when I have chosen the new 2D game project. Should I add my .cpp and .h files to anywhere else?
Thanks
It is difficult to give a categorical answer without more info. However my guess is that you've copied and pasted from an example and not understood about the syntax of the files section. Basically:
files
{
(foo)
humbug.cpp
)
The "(foo)" might look very innocent, but it actually says that humbug.cpp is actually in directory foo - relative to the mkb file. It is common practice to actually use "(source)" and put all the source files in a directory of that name - making the source layout a bit neater.
Naturally if you have (source) and don't put the files actually in directory source, they won't be found. My guess is that is what you are seeing.
Just to clarify previous answer, The format of files directive is like this -
files
{
(<Path relative to MKB>,<Alternate Path>)
["Name of the parent Group in VS/XCode project","Name of the subparent group"]
fileName.cpp
fileName.h
}
for example I have two files SoundManager.h and SoundManager.cpp in System folder of Source, while MainMenu.h and MainMenu.cpp in Source/UI. Now the files directive would be -
files
{
(Source/System)
["Source","System"] #This part is not required, it's just to arrange your files in IDE project
SoundManager.h
SoundManager.cpp
(Source/UI)
("Source","UI")
MainMenu.h
ManinMenu.cpp
}

list elements by activity

I'm working on automated builds and need to be able to list elements that were worked on under particular activities. I'm new to ClearCase so I apologise for naiivety ...
My downstream build process works fine and I now need to populate a 'pre-build' area by identifying the (checked-in) files associated with one or more activities, labels etc (in fact any combination the change/release manager wants) by listing the candidate files for a build and then copying them from the M: drive (Windows). We are using CC 7.1 with a back end on AIX and Win XP Pro desktops. We'll use ccperl to drive the find+copy process.
I have battled with 'find' to no avail - can someone lend a hand? All help gratefully received.
Cliff.
For "label" (I suppose "UCM Baselines" since you mention "activities", which exist only with UCM):
The easiest way would be to configure a config spec for a dynamic view:
element * MY_BASELINE
in order to quickly access the right files.
For activities, you could (if there is not too much files involved), list the exact versions of each activities you want:
cleartool descr -l activity:my_actity#\pvob
and parse the result to grep/awk only what you need.
You need only to do this within a dynamic view (any dynamic view): the activity will contain a list of extended pathnames, meaning you will be able to access and copy each version through that myFile##/main/myBranch/myVersion path.