How to get Application Path?

[serhiy]

Good day, everybody...

Just one simple question....

How do I get the Path of the Executable program? I know in VB is 'App.Path'. But what function or statement that I can used in VC++?

Thanks.

[abdul]

Use the API "GetModuleName". Here is an example:

#include <windows.h>
#include <iostream.h>

int main()
{
    int x;
    char filename[MAX_PATH];
    GetModuleFileName(GetModuleHandle(NULL), filename, MAX_PATH);
    cout<<filename;
    cin>>x;
    return 0;
} 

[Megatron]

You could use the old-DOS style method, and represent it using a dot, e.g:

char *path = ".\\MyFile.txt"

[sail3005]

is that what you use to find the windows directory too?

[crptcblade]

Originally posted by sail3005
is that what you use to find the windows directory too?

you can use the GetWindowsDirectory function. If you include windows.h

[sail3005]

oh, ok. i didn't know there was a specific function for it

[Vlatko]

oh, ok. i didn't know there was a specific function for it

There is a special function for almost every important windows directory.

[Megatron]

Originally posted by sail3005
is that what you use to find the windows directory too?

The dot is just a place holder for the current directory.

[serhiy]

Megatron,

Will the old DOS-style that you gave gives any problem if I have a few files with the same name on different directory?