Application path

[ORC]

Hi,

I have an application in which I need information of the path to the exe
file. The application must run on both compact and full framework and on the
Internet I found this code snip that should work (on the CF at least):
"Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssemb ly().GetName().CodeBase)"

It works very fine on Compact Framework where I get:
"\Program Files\My Company"

But on the full framework a "file:" and a backslash is applied in front of
the resulting path as in:
"file:\C:\Program files\My Company"

What is wrong and how is the correct way to do it( that will work on both CF
and FF ?

Thanks,
Ole

[Marcin Grzêbski]

Hi Ole,

I haven't got any practise with CompactFramework.
But if you want to get path of executing binary then you can use:
Application.ExecutablePath
or
Application.StartupPath - to get its directory

HTH
Marcin

Hi,

I have an application in which I need information of the path to the exe
file. The application must run on both compact and full framework and on the
Internet I found this code snip that should work (on the CF at least):
"Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssemb ly().GetName().CodeBase)"

It works very fine on Compact Framework where I get:
"\Program Files\My Company"

But on the full framework a "file:" and a backslash is applied in front of
the resulting path as in:
"file:\C:\Program files\My Company"

What is wrong and how is the correct way to do it( that will work on both CF
and FF ?

Thanks,
Ole

[Sergey Bogdanov]

Also for a Full Framework you must use
System.Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Loca tion. At runtime you
can detect framework version (System.Environment.Version) and switch
between them.

Best regards,
Sergey Bogdanov

ORC wrote:

Hi,

I have an application in which I need information of the path to the exe
file. The application must run on both compact and full framework and on the
Internet I found this code snip that should work (on the CF at least):
"Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssemb ly().GetName().CodeBase)"

It works very fine on Compact Framework where I get:
"\Program Files\My Company"

But on the full framework a "file:" and a backslash is applied in front of
the resulting path as in:
"file:\C:\Program files\My Company"

What is wrong and how is the correct way to do it( that will work on both CF
and FF ?

Thanks,
Ole

[ORC]

It is not possible to check OS version during runtime and then use the
appropiate path detect code line because the compiler doesn't have a
definition for GetEntryAssembly in CF. Some other idea?

Thanks,
Ole
"Sergey Bogdanov" <se*************@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...

Also for a Full Framework you must use
System.Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Loca tion. At runtime you
can detect framework version (System.Environment.Version) and switch
between them.

Best regards,
Sergey Bogdanov

ORC wrote:

Hi,

I have an application in which I need information of the path to the exe
file. The application must run on both compact and full framework and on the Internet I found this code snip that should work (on the CF at least):
"Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssemb ly().GetName().CodeBase)"
It works very fine on Compact Framework where I get:
"\Program Files\My Company"

But on the full framework a "file:" and a backslash is applied in front of the resulting path as in:
"file:\C:\Program files\My Company"

What is wrong and how is the correct way to do it( that will work on both CF and FF ?

Thanks,
Ole

[ORC]

The CF doesn't contain a definition for ExecuteablePath or StartupPath so
the program wont compile.

Thanks
Ole

"Marcin Grzêbski" <mg*******@taxussi.no.com.spam.pl> wrote in message
news:cs**********@atlantis.news.tpi.pl...

Hi Ole,

I haven't got any practise with CompactFramework.
But if you want to get path of executing binary then you can use:
Application.ExecutablePath
or
Application.StartupPath - to get its directory

HTH
Marcin

Hi,

I have an application in which I need information of the path to the exe
file. The application must run on both compact and full framework and on the Internet I found this code snip that should work (on the CF at least):
"Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssemb ly().GetName().CodeBase)"
It works very fine on Compact Framework where I get:
"\Program Files\My Company"

But on the full framework a "file:" and a backslash is applied in front of the resulting path as in:
"file:\C:\Program files\My Company"

What is wrong and how is the correct way to do it( that will work on both CF and FF ?

Thanks,
Ole

So System.Environment.OSVersion won't work for you?

-Chris
"ORC" <or*@sol.dk> wrote in message
news:u8**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

It is not possible to check OS version during runtime and then use the
appropiate path detect code line because the compiler doesn't have a
definition for GetEntryAssembly in CF. Some other idea?

Thanks,
Ole
"Sergey Bogdanov" <se*************@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...

Also for a Full Framework you must use
System.Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Loca tion. At runtime you
can detect framework version (System.Environment.Version) and switch
between them.

Best regards,
Sergey Bogdanov

ORC wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have an application in which I need information of the path to the
> exe
> file. The application must run on both compact and full framework and
> on the > Internet I found this code snip that should work (on the CF at least):
> "Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssemb ly().GetName().CodeBase)" >
> It works very fine on Compact Framework where I get:
> "\Program Files\My Company"
>
> But on the full framework a "file:" and a backslash is applied in front of > the resulting path as in:
> "file:\C:\Program files\My Company"
>
> What is wrong and how is the correct way to do it( that will work on both CF > and FF ?
>
> Thanks,
> Ole
>
>

[Sergey Bogdanov]

Sorry, my mistake. Try to use P/Invoke GetModuleFileName (coredll.dll)
and GetModuleFileName (kernel32.dll).

Best regards,
Sergey Bogdanov
ORC wrote:

It is not possible to check OS version during runtime and then use the
appropiate path detect code line because the compiler doesn't have a
definition for GetEntryAssembly in CF. Some other idea?

Thanks,
Ole
"Sergey Bogdanov" <se*************@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...

Also for a Full Framework you must use
System.Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Lo cation. At runtime you
can detect framework version (System.Environment.Version) and switch
between them.

Best regards,
Sergey Bogdanov

ORC wrote:

Hi,

I have an application in which I need information of the path to the exe
file. The application must run on both compact and full framework and on
the
Internet I found this code snip that should work (on the CF at least):

"Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssemb ly().GetName().CodeBase)"
It works very fine on Compact Framework where I get:
"\Program Files\My Company"

But on the full framework a "file:" and a backslash is applied in front
of
the resulting path as in:
"file:\C:\Program files\My Company"

What is wrong and how is the correct way to do it( that will work on
both CF
and FF ?

Thanks,
Ole

[Peter Foot [MVP]]

On the Compact Framework you could use this alternative to
GetEntryAssembly:-
http://blog.opennetcf.org/pfoot/Perm...d-3dc8e7525cc4

If you merely want the same result from
Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembl y().GetName().CodeBase on
both frameworks then use:-

string path =
Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembl y().GetName().CodeBase);
if(Environment.OsVersion.Platform!=PlatformID.WinC E)
{
path = path.Replace("file:\\","");
}

This will remove the prefix only on the desktop OS. Although you could call
this replace on the device also since the path won't contain this string so
no change will take place.

Peter

--
Peter Foot
Windows Embedded MVP
www.inthehand.com | www.opennetcf.org

"ORC" <or*@sol.dk> wrote in message
news:u8**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

It is not possible to check OS version during runtime and then use the
appropiate path detect code line because the compiler doesn't have a
definition for GetEntryAssembly in CF. Some other idea?

Thanks,
Ole
"Sergey Bogdanov" <se*************@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...

Also for a Full Framework you must use
System.Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Loca tion. At runtime you
can detect framework version (System.Environment.Version) and switch
between them.

Best regards,
Sergey Bogdanov

ORC wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have an application in which I need information of the path to the
> exe
> file. The application must run on both compact and full framework and
> on the > Internet I found this code snip that should work (on the CF at least):
> "Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssemb ly().GetName().CodeBase)" >
> It works very fine on Compact Framework where I get:
> "\Program Files\My Company"
>
> But on the full framework a "file:" and a backslash is applied in front of > the resulting path as in:
> "file:\C:\Program files\My Company"
>
> What is wrong and how is the correct way to do it( that will work on both CF > and FF ?
>
> Thanks,
> Ole
>
>

[Sergey Bogdanov]

.... even better solution :)

string codeBase = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().CodeBase ;
if (codeBase.StartsWith(@"file:\")) codeBase = codeBase.Substring(6);
Best regards,
Sergey Bogdanov
Sergey Bogdanov wrote:

Sorry, my mistake. Try to use P/Invoke GetModuleFileName (coredll.dll)
and GetModuleFileName (kernel32.dll).

Best regards,
Sergey Bogdanov
ORC wrote:

It is not possible to check OS version during runtime and then use the
appropiate path detect code line because the compiler doesn't have a
definition for GetEntryAssembly in CF. Some other idea?

Thanks,
Ole
"Sergey Bogdanov" <se*************@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...

Also for a Full Framework you must use
System.Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Loca tion. At runtime you
can detect framework version (System.Environment.Version) and switch
between them.

Best regards,
Sergey Bogdanov

ORC wrote:

Hi,

I have an application in which I need information of the path to the
exe
file. The application must run on both compact and full framework
and on

the

Internet I found this code snip that should work (on the CF at least):

"Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssemb ly().GetName().CodeBase)"

It works very fine on Compact Framework where I get:
"\Program Files\My Company"

But on the full framework a "file:" and a backslash is applied in front

of

the resulting path as in:
"file:\C:\Program files\My Company"

What is wrong and how is the correct way to do it( that will work on

both CF

and FF ?

Thanks,
Ole

[ORC]

Oh yes it does, but GetEntryAssembly is not defined in CF and therefore the
app wont compile.

Thanks
Ole

"<ctacke/>" <ctacke_AT_OpenNETCF_com> wrote in message
news:uk**************@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...

So System.Environment.OSVersion won't work for you?

-Chris
"ORC" <or*@sol.dk> wrote in message
news:u8**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

It is not possible to check OS version during runtime and then use the
appropiate path detect code line because the compiler doesn't have a
definition for GetEntryAssembly in CF. Some other idea?

Thanks,
Ole
"Sergey Bogdanov" <se*************@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...

Also for a Full Framework you must use
System.Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Loca tion. At runtime you
can detect framework version (System.Environment.Version) and switch
between them.

Best regards,
Sergey Bogdanov

ORC wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have an application in which I need information of the path to the
> exe
> file. The application must run on both compact and full framework and
> on

the

> Internet I found this code snip that should work (on the CF at least): >

"Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssemb ly().GetName().CodeBase)"

>
> It works very fine on Compact Framework where I get:
> "\Program Files\My Company"
>
> But on the full framework a "file:" and a backslash is applied in

front of

> the resulting path as in:
> "file:\C:\Program files\My Company"
>
> What is wrong and how is the correct way to do it( that will work on

both CF

> and FF ?
>
> Thanks,
> Ole
>
>

[ORC]

Thanks All,

The solution with getting rid of the leading "file:\" seems to be the one
I'm looking for!

Thanks,
Ole

"Peter Foot [MVP]" <fe******@no-spam.inthehand.com> wrote in message
news:us****************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

On the Compact Framework you could use this alternative to
GetEntryAssembly:-
http://blog.opennetcf.org/pfoot/Perm...d-3dc8e7525cc4
If you merely want the same result from
Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembl y().GetName().CodeBase on both frameworks then use:-

string path =
Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembl y().GetName().CodeBase);
if(Environment.OsVersion.Platform!=PlatformID.WinC E)
{
path = path.Replace("file:\\","");
}

This will remove the prefix only on the desktop OS. Although you could call this replace on the device also since the path won't contain this string so no change will take place.

Peter

--
Peter Foot
Windows Embedded MVP
www.inthehand.com | www.opennetcf.org

"ORC" <or*@sol.dk> wrote in message
news:u8**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

It is not possible to check OS version during runtime and then use the
appropiate path detect code line because the compiler doesn't have a
definition for GetEntryAssembly in CF. Some other idea?

Thanks,
Ole
"Sergey Bogdanov" <se*************@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...

Also for a Full Framework you must use
System.Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Loca tion. At runtime you
can detect framework version (System.Environment.Version) and switch
between them.

Best regards,
Sergey Bogdanov

ORC wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have an application in which I need information of the path to the
> exe
> file. The application must run on both compact and full framework and
> on

the

> Internet I found this code snip that should work (on the CF at least): >

"Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssemb ly().GetName().CodeBase)"

>
> It works very fine on Compact Framework where I get:
> "\Program Files\My Company"
>
> But on the full framework a "file:" and a backslash is applied in

front of

> the resulting path as in:
> "file:\C:\Program files\My Company"
>
> What is wrong and how is the correct way to do it( that will work on

both CF

> and FF ?
>
> Thanks,
> Ole
>
>

[Chris Tacke, eMVP]

Also using GetCallingAssembly may be better than GetExecutingAssembly. If
your code is in a library that is GAC installed, you'll get a path to the
GAC folder, not the app folder with GetExecutingAssembly

--
<ctacke/>
www.OpenNETCF.org
Your CF searches start and end here
"ORC" <or*@sol.dk> wrote in message
news:e0****************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Thanks All,

The solution with getting rid of the leading "file:\" seems to be the one
I'm looking for!

Thanks,
Ole

"Peter Foot [MVP]" <fe******@no-spam.inthehand.com> wrote in message
news:us****************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

On the Compact Framework you could use this alternative to
GetEntryAssembly:-

http://blog.opennetcf.org/pfoot/Perm...d-3dc8e7525cc4

If you merely want the same result from
Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembl y().GetName().CodeBase

on

both frameworks then use:-

string path =
Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembl y().GetName().CodeBase);
if(Environment.OsVersion.Platform!=PlatformID.WinC E)
{
path = path.Replace("file:\\","");
}

This will remove the prefix only on the desktop OS. Although you could

call

this replace on the device also since the path won't contain this string

so

no change will take place.

Peter

--
Peter Foot
Windows Embedded MVP
www.inthehand.com | www.opennetcf.org

"ORC" <or*@sol.dk> wrote in message
news:u8**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

> It is not possible to check OS version during runtime and then use the
> appropiate path detect code line because the compiler doesn't have a
> definition for GetEntryAssembly in CF. Some other idea?
>
> Thanks,
> Ole
>
>
> "Sergey Bogdanov" <se*************@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Also for a Full Framework you must use
>> System.Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Loca tion. At runtime you
>> can detect framework version (System.Environment.Version) and switch
>> between them.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Sergey Bogdanov
>>
>> ORC wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I have an application in which I need information of the path to the
>> > exe
>> > file. The application must run on both compact and full framework
>> > and
>> > on
> the
>> > Internet I found this code snip that should work (on the CF at least): >> >
> "Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssemb ly().GetName().CodeBase)" >> >
>> > It works very fine on Compact Framework where I get:
>> > "\Program Files\My Company"
>> >
>> > But on the full framework a "file:" and a backslash is applied in front > of
>> > the resulting path as in:
>> > "file:\C:\Program files\My Company"
>> >
>> > What is wrong and how is the correct way to do it( that will work on
> both CF
>> > and FF ?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Ole
>> >
>> >
>
>

[Alex Feinman [MVP]]

For the sake of integrity I need to point out that the correct way of
"getting rid of" file:// is to use the Uri class and its accessors

--
Alex Feinman
---
Visit http://www.opennetcf.org
"ORC" <or*@sol.dk> wrote in message
news:e0****************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Thanks All,

The solution with getting rid of the leading "file:\" seems to be the one
I'm looking for!

Thanks,
Ole

"Peter Foot [MVP]" <fe******@no-spam.inthehand.com> wrote in message
news:us****************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

On the Compact Framework you could use this alternative to
GetEntryAssembly:-

http://blog.opennetcf.org/pfoot/Perm...d-3dc8e7525cc4

If you merely want the same result from
Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembl y().GetName().CodeBase

on

both frameworks then use:-

string path =
Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembl y().GetName().CodeBase);
if(Environment.OsVersion.Platform!=PlatformID.WinC E)
{
path = path.Replace("file:\\","");
}

This will remove the prefix only on the desktop OS. Although you could

call

this replace on the device also since the path won't contain this string

so

no change will take place.

Peter

--
Peter Foot
Windows Embedded MVP
www.inthehand.com | www.opennetcf.org

"ORC" <or*@sol.dk> wrote in message
news:u8**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

> It is not possible to check OS version during runtime and then use the
> appropiate path detect code line because the compiler doesn't have a
> definition for GetEntryAssembly in CF. Some other idea?
>
> Thanks,
> Ole
>
>
> "Sergey Bogdanov" <se*************@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Also for a Full Framework you must use
>> System.Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Loca tion. At runtime you
>> can detect framework version (System.Environment.Version) and switch
>> between them.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Sergey Bogdanov
>>
>> ORC wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I have an application in which I need information of the path to the
>> > exe
>> > file. The application must run on both compact and full framework
>> > and
>> > on
> the
>> > Internet I found this code snip that should work (on the CF at least): >> >
> "Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssemb ly().GetName().CodeBase)" >> >
>> > It works very fine on Compact Framework where I get:
>> > "\Program Files\My Company"
>> >
>> > But on the full framework a "file:" and a backslash is applied in front > of
>> > the resulting path as in:
>> > "file:\C:\Program files\My Company"
>> >
>> > What is wrong and how is the correct way to do it( that will work on
> both CF
>> > and FF ?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Ole
>> >
>> >
>
>