StartupPath property

[JScannell]

There is an "Application.StartupPath" property that is a part of the System.Windows.Forms. I have never heard of this before, as I have only written .net code in C#. It seems that this is only available with vb.net.

How do you change the value of that property? Obviously, the developer before me knew how to set it, but now I have to change it and I don't know where to go...

I'm using VS 2005 if that helps.

Thanks in advance,

Jerry Scannell

 

[Bluejay07]

I believe this is a read only field whose output indicates which directory the exe is being run from.

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[JScannell]

I noticed that it was read-only, but how does it get set to begin with?

Jerry Scannell

 

[jebenson]

Ummm...it's the path where the executable is "physically" located on the drive. For example, if the executable is in C:\Program Files\MyApp, the the Application.StartupPath is "C:\Program Files\MyApp". It the executable is in "C:\MyApp", then the Application.StartupPath is "C:\MyApp". The value is "set" by where the application is located in the file system. to change it, move the application to a different directory.

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[jebenson]

I just checked and Application.StartupPath is available in C# as well as VB.



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[Sorwen]

You can also specify the start path in any standard shortcut or it is automatic for click once deployment. I could have sworn there was a way in code as well, but if so I can't remember it now.

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