if (path.startsWithChar (separator))
{
if (path[1] != separator)
{
/* When you supply a raw string to the File object constructor, it must be an absolute path.
If you're trying to parse a string that may be either a relative path or an absolute path,
you MUST provide a context against which the partial path can be evaluated - you can do
this by simply using File::getChildFile() instead of the File constructor. E.g. saying
"File::getCurrentWorkingDirectory().getChildFile (myUnknownPath)" would return an absolute
path if that's what was supplied, or would evaluate a partial path relative to the CWD.
*/
jassertfalse;
path = File::getCurrentWorkingDirectory().getFullPathName().substring (0, 2) + path;
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Jules - to save anyone as stupid as me some pain. It might be worth adding in here that the two \ characters you get in the watch list:
+ path {text={data=0x04f46988 "\\Users\\jim\\Code\\credland-1331-kick\\Resources\\gui.xml" } } juce::String
Are bloody escape characters, and only path[0] = \ ... path[1] is in fact a U.
Who decided \ was a good path separator anyway... :)