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VB Forum / General / November 2004App.Path not working
I'm in the process of finishing a program for an assignment in class. I'm writing settings to a file then saving it in the application's root directory. The problem is that when I go to use App.Path, VB6 is not recognizing the App object. Does anyone know what is happening, or maybe some reference files I should have checked? Thanks, WillSid Hi: Can you be more specific -- post the line of code that causes the error and describe what the error message is, whether or not this happens in the ide, compiled or both, etc. Doug. > I'm in the process of finishing a program for an assignment in class. I'm > writing settings to a file then saving it in the application's root [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Thanks, > WillSid What do you mean by 'not recognizing'. If you type app followed by a period, do you get intellisense? App comes from VB6.OLB which appears in the References dialog as Visual Basic objects and procedures, and should be checked. When you first start VB, App.Path will be the directory from which VB was started, i. e. App.Path has no real meaning until you save your Project. > I'm in the process of finishing a program for an assignment in class. I'm > writing settings to a file then saving it in the application's root [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Thanks, > WillSid > I'm in the process of finishing a program for an assignment in class. I'm > writing settings to a file then saving it in the application's root [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Thanks, > WillSid The App object is intrinsic to every VB application. You might check your references to make sure you have a reference to VBA and VB runtime, but I doubt if that is your problem - if they are missing - nothing will work. Have you perhaps declared your own "App" object/variable elsewhere in the application? Rt-Click "App" and select "Definition" from the popup menu. Are you sure that "App" is not 'recognized' or is it that Intellisense is not working? Explain further by what you mean by "not recognizing". -ralph :Well, I'm using a filelistbox and I give the object the following: File1.Path = app.Path But when I run the program, it highlights "app" saying: "Compile Error: Invalid qualifier" Hopfully, this might help a little bit better > :Well, I'm using a filelistbox and I give the object the following: > File1.Path = app.Path [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Hopfully, this might help a little bit better Try this; Highlight the word app in that line and press Shift+F2. If you get taken to some other part of your code, then you have redifined App in your program. If you create your own App variable, then VB will try to use that, instead of the default object provided. You should normally be taken to the Object Browser, if everything is set up right. What happens in your case? To circumvent VB using your own declared variable, you can use a fully qualified name to tell VB which App object to use: File1.Path = VB.App.Path LFS As Ralph said, it appears you have defined 'app' somewhere in your code which, if true, overrides VB's App object. I tried this Dim app As String Debug.Print app.Path which gives the 'Invalid Qualifier' error message. > :Well, I'm using a filelistbox and I give the object the following: > File1.Path = app.Path [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Hopfully, this might help a little bit better Thanks Norm and Ralph, Now that I feel like a complete idiot for doing such a thing, I should be able to finish my project. > As Ralph said, it appears you have defined 'app' somewhere in your code > which, if true, [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > > > Hopfully, this might help a little bit better > Thanks Norm and Ralph, > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > > > > > Hopfully, this might help a little bit better LOL, Don't feel bad. I once defined "mID" as a class member. I wasted a good hour of my life, that I will never see again, trying to figure out why a complex statement using the Mid() function wouldn't work. <g> -ralph > LOL, > > Don't feel bad. I once defined "mID" as a class member. I wasted a good hour > of my life, that I will never see again, trying to figure out why a complex > statement using the Mid() function wouldn't work. <g> Now THAT is funny. Rick > Don't feel bad. I once defined "mID" as a class member. I wasted a good > hour > of my life, that I will never see again, trying to figure out why a > complex > statement using the Mid() function wouldn't work. <g> Only an hour? Although no specifics come to mind, I'm sure I've spent days on things like this... Austin (it's only sad if you do it again...which I have)  SignatureYou programmed with 1s and 0s? We only had 0s! There are no X characters in my address |
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