This should be easier...

I've been professionally developing in VB since version 3 and I am finally trying to make the move to .NET (2003). I'm at a loss on something that should be easy.

I am working on a Pocket PC app that will store configuration data in an xml file.

How do I...

A). Get the application path?
B). Open the file?

I've tried this to get the current path but I get a "Not Supported" error:

Dim sDir As String
sDir = System.IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory.ToString()

Any help would be appreciated.

1.)

Code:

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    Console.WriteLine(System.IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory().ToString())

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2.) using the classes in the System.IO namespace (this is one way)

Code:

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System.IO.FileStream s = new System.IO.FileStream("path", System.IO.FileMode.Open)

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I am writing this for Pocket PC so the console command won't work
When I try this code snippet:
MessageBox.Show(System.IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory().ToString())

I get:

"An unhandled exception of type 'System.NotSupportedException' occurred in mscorlib.dll"

This is a Pocket PC application so I'm assuming that this isn't supported in the Mobile Framework???

Are you using VS.NET to build this app? Some functions are not supported in the compact framework.

Yes, I'm using VS.NET 2003.

In my little experience with PocketPC, there is no "traditional" directory structure, because there are no "drives", only the machine.

for example, a path on PocketPC would be
\My Documents
(no drive letter)

My guess is that certain IO operations aren't supported as a result

Here's a shot (pseudocode)

VB Code:

Dim asm As System.Reflection.Assembly
 
asm = System.Reflection.GetExecutingAssembly
sDir = asm.ExecutablePath