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1. menah,

Sep 10, 2012 6:02 AM in reply to PeteBaumgartner

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Hi,

Try "Gathering environment information" topic.

I hope it helps !

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2. PeteBaumgartner,

Sep 10, 2012 8:54 AM in reply to menah

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Thanks, but that gives the version of the host application, e.g. InDesign. I am looking to read my own extension's version info as input into the manifest xml - at run time.

Cheers

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3. lomorgan,

Sep 10, 2012 9:21 AM in reply to PeteBaumgartner

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AFAIK there is no API exposed by CSXS to get the bundle version. You can read the XML of the manifest and pull out the version though:

private function getExtensionVersion(manifestFile:File):String

{

var fileStream:FileStream = new FileStream();

fileStream.open(manifestFile, FileMode.READ);

var manifestXml:XML = XML(fileStream.readUTFBytes(fileStream.bytesAvailable));

fileStream.close();

return manifestXml.@ExtensionBundleVersion;

}

...

var version:String = getExtensionVersion(basePath.resolvePath('CSXS/manifest.xml'));

Note that basePath is a property on CSExtension.

Hope that helps,

--Louis

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4. PeteBaumgartner,

Sep 10, 2012 10:10 AM in reply to lomorgan

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Thanks. That works well !

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5. kc2scy,

Apr 19, 2013 5:52 AM in reply to lomorgan

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I seem to be having probelm getting the basePath I've looked everywhere I could to fine it.

Could give me a example of how to get the basePath? or what import needs to be used?

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6. lesavage,

Apr 19, 2013 6:17 AM in reply to kc2scy

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In your MXML file, CSExtension should be the root class. Then you can use "this.basePath":

<csxs:CSExtension xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009" xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark" xmlns:csxs="com.adobe.csxs.core.*" applicationComplete="appComplete()">

<fx:Script>

<![CDATA[

public function appComplete():void

{

trace(this.basePath);

}

]]>

</fx:Script>

...

</csxs:CSExtension>

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7. kc2scy,

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Extension Builder and CS6 - read version at runtime

Aug 22, 2012 1:12 PM

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