C++ App.path

OK i learned how to get the app.path in vb and the the whole file path and name from c++ consol but i can i get it from Win32 c++

GetCurrentDirectory() should take care of it.

Then you can manage the directory with PathCombine().

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Originally posted by made_of_asp
GetCurrentDirectory() should take care of it.

Then you can manage the directory with PathCombine().

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You cant guarentee that the current directory is the same as the application path. I believe that MSVC will change the current directory to the one the executable resides in when in Debug/Run mode, however, in the real world, dont bet on it.

Use GetModuleFilename(), and trim it backwards until you hit a '\\' character.

Z.

thanks alot . i would have thought it would have been complicate dbut you made it simple lol thanks again

TRUE. Current Directory can change, but I always use it anyway. You would have to modify your shortucts ""Working Directory" function.

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#include <shlwapi.h>

void Mod()
{
        CHAR szModule[2048];

        GetModuleFileName(GetModuleHandle(NULL), szModule, 2048);
::PathRemoveFileSpec(szModule);
        MessageBox(NULL, szModule, "AAA", MB_OK);
}

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MSVC++ sets the working directory in debug runs to the project main directory, which is not where the exe resides in.

Unlike VC# btw...

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Originally posted by CornedBee
MSVC++ sets the working directory in debug runs to the project main directory, which is not where the exe resides in.

Unlike VC# btw...

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It is in my projects :D

Z.

Well...