How to access resources from javascript

[steve.cuzner]

I'm writing a javascript function to insert xml fragments which works well with authorAccess.getDocumentController().insertXMLFragment. I would like to store my fragments as resource files outside of the javascript. I've tried the javascript File object, but that doesn't seem to work. How can I read an external file into a javascript string variable that I can then pass to insertXMLFragment?

[steve.cuzner]

I've found some success using standard java:

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fileReader = new java.io.FileReader("T:\\custom\\Oxygen\\frameworks\\tmwbook.framework\\frag.xml");

	br = new java.io.BufferedReader(fileReader);

	sb = new java.lang.StringBuilder();

	line = br.readLine()

	while (line != null) 

	{

		sb.append(line);

		line = br.readLine();

	}

	frag = sb.toString();

	authorAccess.getWorkspaceAccess().showInformationMessage(frag);

But this only works when I have a absolute path. The above code is in a function in commons.js which is in tmwbook.framework, the same directory as the frag.xml. Ideally, I would put frag.xml in a resources sub-directory of tmwbook.framework, but in any event, I need to find the path to the framework in the javascript. How can I do that?

[steve.cuzner]

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frameworkDir = authorAccess.getUtilAccess().expandEditorVariables("${frameworkDir}", null);

[alex_jitianu]

Hi Steve,

I see you're find the solutions faster that I can answer Yes, this is the way you can obtain the framework directory:

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frameworkDir = authorAccess.getUtilAccess().expandEditorVariables("${frameworkDir}", null);

Best regards,
Alex