From romain.francois at dbmail.com  Thu Sep 17 14:15:45 2009
From: romain.francois at dbmail.com (Romain Francois)
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:15:45 +0200
Subject: [Rd] Display image in tcl/tk information window: path to file ?
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?system.file

for example (if the file lives in inst/images of your source package)

system.file( "images", "MaxC2res3image.gif", package = "yourpackage" )

Romain

On 09/17/2009 02:09 PM, Ulrike Groemping wrote:
> Dear DevelopeRs,
>
> for an R-Commander plugin, I want to display a pre-stored information image,
> if the user presses a button. Everything works fine with the command
>
> tcl("image",  "create", "photo", "MaxC2.image", file="MaxC2res3image.gif")
>
> for image creation, as long as the file entry refers to the correct location
> of the file on my hard drive. How can I make this portable ?
>
> I currently have the image stored in the inst directory. "R CMD INSTALL
> --build" moves it to the top directory in the zip file. I have no idea how
> to tell R (or tcl) where to look for the file. Any help is appreciated!
>
> Best regards,
> Ulrike
>
> *************
> Ulrike Groemping
> BHT Berlin


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[Rd] Display image in tcl/tk information window: path to file ?
Romain Francois