Re: finding the path of executable dynamically

From:

"AliR $VC++ MVP$" <AliR@online.nospam>

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microsoft.public.vc.mfc

Date:

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:34:47 GMT

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Good point. I was just point out that that's also a possibility. I have
written applications in the past that have to use a central database on a
server somewhere but the application is installed on the clients machine.
And the path to the database is the startup directory in the link. I
realize that if the user changes the startup path then the application won't
startup correctly. But then again why would the user do something like that.

AliR.

"Joseph M. Newcomer" <newcomer@flounder.com> wrote in message
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GetCurrentDirectory gives, well, the current directory, which has nothing
to do with the
path on which the executable is stored. Any shortcut can specify a
startup directory.
joe
On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:52:26 GMT, "AliR $VC++ MVP$" <AliR@online.nospam>
wrote:

"David Lowndes" <DavidL@example.invalid> wrote in message
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Is there an api by which i can find the path of an exe dynamically.
Specifically i am intreseted in knowing the path of exe file from within
the
exe file

Parse the result from the GetModuleFileName API.

Dave

In addition to GetModuleFileName you can also call GetCurrentDirectory
(That
is if your app doesn't change directories, for example CFileDialog without
OFN_NOCHANGEDIR could possibly change the directory).

AliR.

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