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VB Forum / COM / June 2008Fetch current folder
How can I determine the name and path of the folder in which my VB6 app is running. Peter Hibbs. Peter Hibbs <peter.hibbs@btinternet.com.NO_SPAM>'s wild thoughts were released on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:18:01 +0100 bearing the following fruit: >How can I determine the name and path of the folder in which my VB6 >app is running. app.path -- Jan Hyde https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Jan.Hyde Thanks very much Jan, I knew it had to be simple. Peter. >Peter Hibbs <peter.hibbs@btinternet.com.NO_SPAM>'s wild >thoughts were released on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:18:01 +0100 [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >app.path That's not quite true Jan. That's the directory where the *.vbp or *.exe file came from. Although the question might have been ambiguous, the current working directory (i.e. where files are read and written by default) would be returned by CurDir() Tony Proctor > Peter Hibbs <peter.hibbs@btinternet.com.NO_SPAM>'s wild > thoughts were released on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:18:01 +0100 [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Jan.Hyde Tony, The app.path was what I wanted, i.e. the folder in which the app is sitting. Using 'current folder' in the Subject line perhaps was a bit misleading. Thought I would just clarify and thanks for your response. Peter Hibbs. >That's not quite true Jan. That's the directory where the *.vbp or *.exe >file came from. Although the question might have been ambiguous, the current [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >> >> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Jan.Hyde Thanks for the update Peter. I did wonder whether that's what you really meant, and I knew Jan knows the difference. However, I decided to reply mostly for the benefit of the newsgroup archives Tony Proctor > Tony, > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >>> >>> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Jan.Hyde "Tony Proctor" <tony_proctor@aimtechnology_NoMoreSPAM_.com>'s wild thoughts were released on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:46:59 +0100 bearing the following fruit: >That's not quite true Jan. That's the directory where the *.vbp or *.exe >file came from. Although the question might have been ambiguous, the current >working directory (i.e. where files are read and written by default) would >be returned by CurDir() The OP asked for the directory where the exe resides. I didn't see anything ambiguous. Not that it matters, the extra information may prove useful anyway. J > Tony Proctor > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> >> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Jan.Hyde -- Jan Hyde https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Jan.Hyde |
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