Allocate Images which are outside the application folder

[Mulm3h]

Hi

How do I allocate the application point to an directory folders which are outside where the application executed?

E.g my application execute at /bin/Debug in VB 2005 folder

I wanted it to point to some external folders to display images, x:/project/images/

Do i use the GetDirectory () or GetFiles () in VB 2k5?

regards

[kenobewan]

Please provide more information. Thanks.

[Mulm3h]

ok

I coded a vb application which has a picturebox showing images which they were located at /bin/debug folder.....

I use the Getcurrentdirectory to get the image from there and display on the picturebox.

everything works fine when i debug it, because of the image locate in the same directory of the application.

However when i use the publish funtion in vb 2k5.... it only pubish the codes and the application in the debug folder, but didnt not include the folder where i stored th image on, therefore the program cannot find those images and return an exception error, saying image not found.

I just wondering is there a way to publish the porgram so that the setup.exe file will also include the image folder

[richerTextBox]

If your directory is a child of the application exe, you can reference the images like this: Note: Separate string vars are declared for clarity.

//C# code:
string strAppPath = Application.StartupPath;
string strImagePath = strAppPath + "/images/";

' VB code
Dim strAppPath As String = Application.StartupPath
Dim strImagePath As String = strAppPath + "/images/";

Good Luck!