Ok, I have an application that uses multiple .rtf files and switches them through a text view. I’m using the readRTFDFromFile method to read the files off my HD. How would I make this work on other macs as well as mine? Could I send the files to a server and have the application read them from there? This would be an alternative because I want the application to run without be connected to the internet.

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I would suggest merely adding these files to your project’s resources, which will make them get copied into your .app bundle.

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Thanks that works fine. —- How do you get the location that your application is running from?

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[[NSBundle mainBundle] bundlePath]

Read:

http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/Foundation/Classes/NSBundle_Class/Reference/Reference.html

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If your app isn’t bundled for some reason (CLI app, say) then I think you can use NSProcessInfo to get the app’s location.

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I don’t see any way to do that. If you’re referring to the -arguments method, be aware that argv[0] is not a reliable way to find out where your binary is located.

However, NSBundle will still work to find the executable even in an unbundled application, strange as that may be.

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In an unbundled application, NSBundle assumes the parent directory of the executable to be the bundle.