[IDC S5] Run a script - get the extension Folder

Hi All
I'm novice in Extension Builder and may be my questions seems stupid...
I want to run a JSX for ID, located in a sub folder of my extension.
I use the "doscript()" method but I don't know how to refer to my ".jsx"
If I set a File variable what kind of path I have to specify? Absolute or not?
How can i get the folder of my extension?
File.applicationDirectory don't returns my extension folder.
Someone can help me?
thanks
Ivan

There are two issues here.
Firstly, how to obtain the file path to your script, or any item under your extension folder.
File.applicationDirectory doesn't return your extension's directory, because extensions are loaded as sub-applications of a top-level "StageManager" application. And so File.applicationDirectory returns the StageManager directory rather than your extension's.
Instead you can use the following CSXSLibrary API to get the full path to an item in the extension directory:
var url:String = "app://" + CSXSInterface.getInstance().getSystemPath(SystemPath.APPLICATION).data + "myScript.jsx";
Secondly, there are some pitfalls to be aware of when using doScript from ActionScript. See Harbs's excellent cookbook entry http://cookbooks.adobe.com/post_Using_InDesign_doScript_UndoModes_in_ActionScript-18462.ht ml
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