How copy files to resources folder of app.

PaulS

I have various databases (readonly) that need to be added to the resources folder of the application.
In Xojo you can add a build step that copies files to the resources folder.

Is there anything like this available in Objo?

Garry

Currently Objo doesn't have the equivalent of a public "build step" for copying files but this is a great suggestion.

Added to the feature list: https://feedback.objo.dev/feature/278

Should be reasonably straightforward to add since we already handle bundling image assets into a built app. I see no reason why that service provider can't be extended to arbitrary data.

madamov

May I suggested additional approach "stolen" from 4D world: if there is Resources folder next to Sources folder within Projects folder, then copy everything that is in that folder into MyApp.app/Contents/Resources folder on macOS and similar locations on Windows and Linux during build and publish.

I am writing one other CI/CD workflow where I want to include RELEASE_NOTES.md file generated by GitHub actions release mechanism into my application package and can't figure out where is best location other than put it. If this gets implemented, we could then add anything we want into distribution package just by copying files prior to build.

Garry

Good news - this was implemented back in Objo Studio v26.6.3.

Select the project and choose Insert → Resource Files… or Insert → Resource Folder…. You can also drag files or folders onto the project’s Resources node. Their folder structure is preserved, and they are included automatically when running, debugging, profiling, building, publishing, or remote debugging.

For your CI/CD example, a VCS-friendly .objosln solution can receive the generated file directly before building:

Projects/<project-folder>/Resources/Files/RELEASE_NOTES.md

objo build and objo publish will load and deploy it. A portable .objo project is a ZIP archive, so resources are stored inside it rather than discovered from a loose folder beside it.

Application code should use the cross-platform resource location rather than hard-coding a platform-specific bundle path:

Var notes As FileSystemItem = SpecialFolder.Resources.Child("RELEASE_NOTES.md")

Resources should be treated as read-only. If the application needs to modify one, copy it to a writable location first.

More details are available in the Resource Files documentation.

madamov

Garry For your CI/CD example, a VCS-friendly .objosln solution can receive the generated file directly before building:

Tested and works perfectly.