[SOLVED] Where are support files that are in the examples?

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I am a novice programmer and brand new to the Processing language. I am trying to do the Processing code in the Examples webpage. I keep running across files that are referred to in the code that I can’t seem to find. Where are they located for me to download so the Processing code can find them? An example is the “Pointillism” code. It refers to a file called “moonwalk.jpg”. Also, the “Letters” Example contains a font file called “SourceCodePro-Regular.ttf”. Where can I download these files? I have looked for them but cannot find them. I’m sure they’re right under my nose, but I’m still at a loss in locating them.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks for helping this newbie!

bob

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  1. “SourceCodePro-Regular.ttf”: “processing-folder”/lib/fonts/
  2. “moonwalk.jpg”: “processing-folder”/modes/java/examples/Basics/Image/Pointillism/data/

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If it were any closer to me, it would have bitten me!

Thanks for pointing out where it was and that I already had it. Now, I just have to figure out where to put the file that Processing will find it.

Thanks!

bob

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Just put it where the Processing program is located and it finds it right away. No problems. The example now works and is doing what it’s supposed to.

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Is there a way to tell Processing to look for a program-referenced file that is in another directory other than the one where the Processing program is located?

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Processing’s IO functions accept full path filenames too. :file_cabinet:

But if you intend to deploy your sketch to other computers, you should place your local assets in the sketch’s own “data/” folder: :file_folder:

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That’s great! And thanks for the warning regarding deploying the sketch to other computers, since they likely will have different explicit paths to their respective folder.

Thanks again!