From b0232eae207032b87bb78da3816ea3a2c335a64e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ClarkFieseln <54716944+ClarkFieseln@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2021 09:14:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update mainWindow.py

---
 ui/mainWindow.py | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ui/mainWindow.py b/ui/mainWindow.py
index 59a692e..7a2cedb 100644
--- a/ui/mainWindow.py
+++ b/ui/mainWindow.py
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@
 root = tkinter.Tk()
 root.withdraw()
 
+# different relative paths depending if we run the script or the executable file
+runningScript = os.path.basename(__file__)
+if (runningScript=="mainWindow.py"): 
+    # .py script
+    # go to current file path
+    os.chdir(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+    # now go one level up so configuration.PATH_PREFIX is correct again (we are now in folder /ui)
+    os.chdir("../")
 
 # defines for chat state machine
 CHAT_STATE_OFF = "off"