[2008] Working directory changed from 2005?

[batvink]

Hi,
I'm using VB.net Express 2008. In the 2005 version, I could set the working directory in the debug properties panel like this:

..\Build

So if my project is in c:\Projects\MyProject, the debug version is compiled in c:\Projects\Build

In 2008, I get an error message when compiling, saying that the folder does not exist. It quotes the folder as being:

c:\Projects\MyProject\bin\build

Is there a setting to change this, is it a permanent change in 2008, or a new bug?

In case you wonder why I need to specify it this way, the project is developed on more than one machine, with different paths. The build folder also contains other files generated by other applications, and so needs to be a separate path.

Thanks in advance for any help!

[.paul.]

can't you use my.application.info.directorypath?
- which is the path of your executable .exe file

[Kasracer]

I've been working on an application in Visual Studio 2008 and all of my build paths are relative as well (they go back several directories and go into several more). They work fine and dandy.

There must be something wrong with your paths. Re-check them. You can paste them into Explorer to test them too.

can't you use my.application.info.directorypath?
- which is the path of your executable .exe file

The question is about building the application and the directories the binary is created in. It's not a code issue.

[batvink]

There must be something wrong with your paths. Re-check them. You can paste them into Explorer to test them too

I've just tried it, and it's fine there. The path it is trying to find suggests I am in a subdirectory of the project bin subdirectory when I compile. So I'm guessing it's starting at the bin/debug folder, which would be the default path if you didn't cahnge anything. It's as if this is cached somehow, and it's appending to this value.

[batvink]

Quick update. I tried...

..\..\..\build

which works in explorer from the bin\debug subfolder. In VS 2008, it says it's an invalid path.