SY() help.. 1

[Neil Toulouse]

Is there a SYS() function that will give the folder from where the EXE being run is residing?

Example:

Running in C:\APPS\MyAPP\MyEXE.EXE

Want to return C:\APPS\MyAPP\

Thanks

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[GriffMG]

Try

JUSTPATH(SYS(16))

Regards

Griff
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[Neil Toulouse]

thanks Griff, not sure how I missed that one

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[IlyaRabyy]

Actually, if you want to have this "\" at the end of the returned string, it's gotta be

lcPath = ADDBS(JUSTPATH(SYS(16)))

but that's just a minor technicality, really! ;-)

Regards,

Ilya

 

[Toman]

For older VFP version without JUSTPATH

lcPath = LEFT(SYS(16),RAT('\',SYS(16)))

Tom.

 

[TamarGranor]

<< For older VFP version without JUSTPATH >>

Or just the version in FoxTools. Regardless, it shouldn't be much of an issue anymore, as JUSTPATH() and its friends were added in VFP 6.

Tamar

 

[Neil Toulouse]

Just to end this thread, I discovered I need to add ',0' to the function to get it to return a value in the EXE. Otherwise it just returned a blank value.

JUSTPATH(SYS(16,0))

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[GriffMG]

That's interesting, I don't need to add the ,0 to get the path to the .exe...

Regards

Griff
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[Neil Toulouse]

Interesting...

I can't really explain it anymore than that! With the ",0" a path, without nothing.

The app is in VFP8 running under Windows 7 64-bit if that has any bearing on it at all?

Anyways, not to worry cuz it is now working


Neil

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[Mike Lewis]

Neil,

I think the reaason you need add the zero is that you are calling the function from other than your main program (your "root" program).

The point is that SYS(16) returns the name of the currently executing program, and this might be further down the calling stack. That's true whether you are running in development or from an EXE.

I call JUSTPATH(SYS(16)) (without the zero), but always from my main.prg. I use it as the basis for setting the default directory and search path in my apps.

Mike

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[Neil Toulouse]

thanks Mike, that is the reason, I am not calling it from the main PRG.

Neil

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