Quick Q: How do I get the path of where the prog is running? 1

[ctlin]

say I have a the VB executable running from C:\winnt\profiles\ctlin\desktop
how would I make a call in VB to return this full path as a String for the program to use?

Thanks.

 

[uprightman]

Try using the App object.

str_path = App.path

Uprightman

 

[ctlin]

thanks

 

[Guest_imported]

dim Current as string
Current=CurDir

I think that works too.

 

[murraykr]

CurDir, if I remember correctly, will give you the "Run In" directory from a shortcut. I wouldn't rely on that for the app path. App.path is the way to go.

 

[rvBasic]

Be aware however that the string returned by App.Path may or may not end with the backslash character "\".

A nice circumvention to this problem is given by swilliams in thread222-43340

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