Relative path problems.

[Snipor]

This program I developed requires me to be able to save data files and load premade files also. Now I wanted to keep the the paths all relative so I wouldn't have any problems when the program is installed on another computer. Now, my program located at D:\Programming\Publisher Money New\pubmoney.vbp. Everything for this program is located there. So I figured if I saved a data file while running the program as "data.dat" it would go to D:\Programming\Publisher Money New\data.dat. But it doesn't, it goes to D:\Programming\Databases\data.dat. The same goes with a pre-made file. My program uses a pre made word file and loads it in and edits it in the program. Now I put the word file in D:\Programming\Publisher Money New\Word.rtf. Then in the program I would try to open it using rtb1.LoadFile ("word.rtf&quot , even tried "..\Word.rtf". But it doesn't work. I put the file in the D:\Programming\Database\ directory and it reads it in fine using rtb1.LoadFile ("word.rtf&quot

Why in the heck does it keep going to this directory? I want it to got where the program is located. Seems to me, if I save a file as ("data.dat&quot is should go directly to the directory it's located in. How can I fix this. The reason I ask, Is I need to make sure that my files are in the right spot when I package, so when the program installs on another computer, it can find it properly. Please help. This has irratated me, and it's getting close to package time.

 

[rvBasic]

Save the data file to App.Path & "\data.dat".

If the application is located in a Root Folder (D:\) then you should remove the backslash in the filename part. To automate this process, see thread222-43340 _________________________________
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