# Relative Paths for AAX and VST folders

**URL:** <https://forum.juce.com/t/relative-paths-for-aax-and-vst-folders/11804>\
**Category:** The Projucer\
**Created:** [November 7, 2013, 6:57am UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/relative-paths-for-aax-and-vst-folders/11804 "2013-11-07T06:57:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![FullCode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@FullCode](https://forum.juce.com/u/FullCode)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 6:57am UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/relative-paths-for-aax-and-vst-folders/11804/1 "2013-11-07T06:57:44Z")

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I'd to like make the VST and AAX folders in Introjucer relative, so I can put the folders in source control and not have to require every developer to use the same absolute paths. &nbsp;But for some reason&nbsp;the Introjucer help text says these paths should be absolute. &nbsp;Making the VST path relative seemed to work just fine, but for AAX I'm seeing a strange issue in MSVC.

My project relative path for AAX is: &nbsp;&nbsp;..\..\..\..\SDKs\AAX

But when I use that I get a&nbsp;build error that it can't find the folder: &nbsp; ..\..\..\..\..\..\SDKs\AAX

When I look at the preprossor define for JucePlugin\_AAXLibs\_path it shows this path with the&nbsp;two extra "..\"&nbsp;added in. &nbsp;If in introjucer I use &nbsp;"..\..\SDKs\AAX" then I end up with the correct relative path of "..\..\..\..\SDKs\AAX".

Anyhow, is there really any fundamental reason I can't use relative paths and any ideas why the AAX relative path being mangled?

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Thanks,

Chris

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P.S. I love JUCE!!!!

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**Author:** ![jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@jules](https://forum.juce.com/u/jules)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 9:19am UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/relative-paths-for-aax-and-vst-folders/11804/2 "2013-11-07T09:19:31Z")

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I think it might work with a relative path, but vaguely remember that there might have been&nbsp;some quirk of the AAX library that caused problems with relative ones.

Anyway, the path you give would have to be&nbsp;relative to the folder containing your .jucer file, not relative to the VC project.

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**Author:** ![FullCode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@FullCode](https://forum.juce.com/u/FullCode)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/relative-paths-for-aax-and-vst-folders/11804/3 "2013-11-07T19:34:00Z")

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Now it makes sense, although it's a little strange that the AAX folder is .jucer relative and the VST folder is project relative. &nbsp;Would be nice to have that be consistent.

Thanks