API Expand.PathName

	PathName
Expands a string using the built-in pathname expansion variables
- STRING	Source
The text to expand
- STRING	Return

Detailed description

This does not resolve a pathname, for this use File.AbsPath. What this will do is use the $(variable) syntax to expand the string using built-in variable names used in the compiler settings and other pathname fields in Flowcode.

The list of variables available in this expansion are:

Variable	Meaning
appdir	The Flowcode applications directory
chip	The name of the target chip, eg 16F88
family	The family of the target chip, eg 16F
platform	The platform of the target chip, eg PIC
chippath	The full name of the target chip, eg PIC.16F.16F88
chipalt	The alternate-name of the target chip
cfga	The address of the base of the config, as specified in the FCD file
cfgb	The number of bytes of the config specified in the FCD file
cfgen	Whether the user has selected to write config to the chip
cfgN	Starting with cfg0, the slot values specified in the config
target	The source or target file leafname, without an extension, eg my_project
srcdir	The directory the my-project.fcf file is located in
outdir	The directory output and intermediate files are sent to

Examples

Calling in a calculation

• Declare a variable 'result' of type STRING
• Add to a calculation icon:

  result = ::Expand.PathName("source")