Basepaths
The Basepaths tab shows the available basepaths configurations. A basepaths configuration defines a directory structure that a AMT application can use. There can be as many basepaths configurations as needed. The page also shows in which application configurations this basepaths configuration is used and which applications use it.
To add a new basepaths configuration, click the Add button. To change an existing one, select the configuration and click the Edit button. A basepaths configuration can also be copied by using the Copy button.
When you click Add or Edit, the edit window shown below appears, where you can enter the appropriate values. When you add a new configuration, all fields are empty. When you copy a configuration, all field values are copied except the Description field, which remains empty.
As shown in this example, some environment variables are available for default paths.
| Variable | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| %SYSROOT% | The system basepath. | %SYSROOT%\Logging |
| %APPNAME% | The name of the application. | %SYSROOT%\Scripts\%APPNAME% |
| %APPROOT% | The application base path as defined in the Application settings. * | |
| %USER% | The user name of the current user. ** |
* For the %APPROOT% variable to work, the directory name of the application should be the same as the application name.
** The %USER% variable can be used for the Download and Upload paths. The variable is converted to the user name at runtime.
Field description
- Description: The description (name) of this basepath.
- Configurations: A list of configuration sets that use this basepath configuration.
- Applications: A list of applications that use this basepath configuration.
- Script path: The path to the directory where the scripts are located.
- Extract path: The path to the directory where the extracts are stored by default.
- Print path: The path to the directory where prints are stored by default.
- Listbox path: The path to the directory where the listboxes of the application are stored by default.
- Call path: The path to the directory where the external libraries (DLLs) are located.
- Help path: The path to the directory where the help pages of the forms or popup forms are stored by default.
- Logging path: The path to the directory where the application log files are stored by default.
- Image path: The path to the directory where the images and charts belonging to the application are stored by default.
- Upload path: The path to the directory where files are uploaded when using the File uploader.
| Some locations set as basepaths can be referenced in code by using Configuration Parameters. |
| Using a local path instead of a network path for the extract path can dramatically improve performance. |