changing file paths

[dgprocess]

I am programming the experiment on my office computer, but will be running the experiment on our lab computers. Thus the path names will be different on the lab computers then on my office computer. Is there a way to globally change the path names? For example, on my office computer, the path might be "C:\Documents and Settings\Dgprocess\Desktop\Study", but on the lab computers it would be "C:\Documents and Settings\Lab\Desktop\Study." It is a large and complex study, and changing all the paths by hand would take considerable time.

[Trevor Newell]

Hm. Due to the need for filepaths that are relative, a feature was added into the Experiment Editor which specifies shorter filenames for files that are found within the same directory or in subdirectories that the experiment file is located in.

For more information, see the following link: http://www.empirisoft.com/medialab/h...file_paths.htm

If these paths have already been created and specified - it might be a bit of work to actually go through and change them all. Around how many filenames do you believe need to be altered?

[dgprocess]

Thanks newell. I actually figured this out by reading the help file (duh). However, since the program was originally written (by my former grad student) with files in lots of separate folders, I had to put all the files in one folder and am now in the process of manually changing all the paths. I don't think the experiment is written as succinctly as it could be- there are 64 different .que files that need to have path files changed (and each one has about 7 variables).

[dgprocess]

By the way, I'm using v2006, which I don't think supports relative paths for subdirectories.

[Trevor Newell]

Hm - If needed, I can create a small tool for you tonight to do this process for you.

[dgprocess]

Wow- that would be fabulous! Its a bit tedious doing this by hand.... Do you need me to send you anything?