Re: Relative Paths (noob question)

Here's how I do it:

CString CMyApp::GetApplicationExecutionFolder()
{
    if(m_csAppExecutionFolder.IsEmpty()) {
        TCHAR FileName[MAX_PATH];
        ::GetModuleFileName(AfxGetInstanceHandle(), FileName, MAX_PATH);
        m_csAppExecutionFolder = AddSlash(GetFolderOnly(FileName));
    }
    return m_csAppExecutionFolder;
}

//
// Returns the folder portion from a path
//
CString GetFolderOnly(LPCTSTR Path)
{
    // Strip off the file name so we can direct the file scanning dialog to
go
    // back to the same directory as before.
    CString temp = (LPCTSTR) Path; // Force CString to make a copy
    ::PathRemoveFileSpec(temp.GetBuffer(0));
    temp.ReleaseBuffer(-1);
    return temp;
}

Then using this function you can hook on the file you want to run:

//
// Adds a folder path and file together to make a file path
//
CString AddPathAndFile(LPCTSTR Folder, LPCTSTR File)
{
    CString cs = Folder;
    ::PathAddBackslash(cs.GetBuffer(_MAX_PATH));
    ::PathAppend(cs.GetBuffer(_MAX_PATH),File);
    cs.ReleaseBuffer(-1);
    return cs;
}

Like:

CString csHTMLFile = AddPathAndFile(GetApplicationExecutionFolder(),
_T("MyFile.htm"));

Of course you'll have to have a CString m_csApplicationExecutionFolder; in
your class.

Tom

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