Hiya
I have written a small application which I've then generated a setup project
to install the application on other computers.
How can I determine, from the application, where the program has been
installed to?
Thanks in advance
Geoff
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Application.Sta rtupPath()
Chris
"Geoff Jones" <no********@ema il.com> wrote in message
news:42******** **************@ news.dial.pipex .com... Hiya
I have written a small application which I've then generated a setup
project to install the application on other computers.
How can I determine, from the application, where the program has been
installed to?
Thanks in advance
Geoff
Geoff,
"Geoff Jones" <no********@ema il.com> schrieb: How can I determine, from the application, where the program has been
installed to?
'Application.St artupPath' (for Windows Forms applications). For libraries,
console applications, etc. (ignore the text and take a look at the code):
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/code/application/#ApplicationPat h>
--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>
Hi Herfried
Thanks for the suggestion. It isn't exactly what I want; although I didn't
make myself very clear.
Using the Deployment project, the application is stored in a directory
called, for example, ABC Ltd, which is the "Manufactur er" producing the
software. What I'd like to do is to find, within the application, the path
to this folder.
I guess this is done using the registry etc. but I'm unsure how to proceed.
Can you be of any further help?
Geoff
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi************ ***@gmx.at> wrote in message
news:uM******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP15.phx.gbl... Geoff,
"Geoff Jones" <no********@ema il.com> schrieb: How can I determine, from the application, where the program has been
installed to?
'Application.St artupPath' (for Windows Forms applications). For
libraries, console applications, etc. (ignore the text and take a look at
the code):
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/code/application/#ApplicationPat h>
--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>
Geoff,
"Geoff Jones" <no********@ema il.com> schrieb: Using the Deployment project, the application is stored in a directory
called, for example, ABC Ltd, which is the "Manufactur er" producing the
software. What I'd like to do is to find, within the application, the path
to this folder.
Typically, the executable is installed into this directory.
You can use a WMI query ('System.Manage ment') with the 'Win32_Product' class
and check its 'InstallLocatio n' property:
Platform SDK: Windows Management Instrumentation -- 'Win32_Product'
<URL:http://msdn.microsoft. com/library/en-us/wmisdk/wmi/win32_product.a sp>
--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>
Geoff,
I would use 'Application.St artupPath' as that is the path where the
executable is, it normally will be the path where it is installed to, unless
the user manually copies or moves the exe.
I would use System.IO.Path to get the individual parts of the StartupPath...
In addition to a WMI query to find the folder where it was installed, you
could have the Setup Project create a registry key that contains the path
where the app was installed to.
Hope this helps
Jay
"Geoff Jones" <no********@ema il.com> wrote in message
news:42******** *************@n ews.dial.pipex. com... Hi Herfried
Thanks for the suggestion. It isn't exactly what I want; although I didn't
make myself very clear.
Using the Deployment project, the application is stored in a directory
called, for example, ABC Ltd, which is the "Manufactur er" producing the
software. What I'd like to do is to find, within the application, the path
to this folder.
I guess this is done using the registry etc. but I'm unsure how to
proceed.
Can you be of any further help?
Geoff
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi************ ***@gmx.at> wrote in message
news:uM******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP15.phx.gbl... Geoff,
"Geoff Jones" <no********@ema il.com> schrieb: How can I determine, from the application, where the program has been
installed to?
'Application.St artupPath' (for Windows Forms applications). For
libraries, console applications, etc. (ignore the text and take a look at
the code):
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/code/application/#ApplicationPat h>
--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>
Hi Jay
I'm interested further in your last point. I had a look at the deployment
project and couldn't see any options to writing to the registry. Just to
clarify, I am using the inbuilt deployment project in Visual Studio.
Could you help further?
Geoff
"Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]" <Ja************ @msn.com> wrote in message
news:u2******** *******@TK2MSFT NGP15.phx.gbl.. . Geoff,
I would use 'Application.St artupPath' as that is the path where the
executable is, it normally will be the path where it is installed to,
unless the user manually copies or moves the exe.
I would use System.IO.Path to get the individual parts of the
StartupPath...
In addition to a WMI query to find the folder where it was installed, you
could have the Setup Project create a registry key that contains the path
where the app was installed to.
Hope this helps
Jay
"Geoff Jones" <no********@ema il.com> wrote in message
news:42******** *************@n ews.dial.pipex. com... Hi Herfried
Thanks for the suggestion. It isn't exactly what I want; although I
didn't make myself very clear.
Using the Deployment project, the application is stored in a directory
called, for example, ABC Ltd, which is the "Manufactur er" producing the
software. What I'd like to do is to find, within the application, the
path to this folder.
I guess this is done using the registry etc. but I'm unsure how to
proceed.
Can you be of any further help?
Geoff
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi************ ***@gmx.at> wrote in message
news:uM******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP15.phx.gbl... Geoff,
"Geoff Jones" <no********@ema il.com> schrieb:
How can I determine, from the application, where the program has been
installed to?
'Application.St artupPath' (for Windows Forms applications). For
libraries, console applications, etc. (ignore the text and take a look
at the code):
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/code/application/#ApplicationPat h>
--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>
Thanks Herfried
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi************ ***@gmx.at> wrote in message
news:Oj******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP14.phx.gbl... Geoff,
"Geoff Jones" <no********@ema il.com> schrieb: Using the Deployment project, the application is stored in a directory
called, for example, ABC Ltd, which is the "Manufactur er" producing the
software. What I'd like to do is to find, within the application, the
path to this folder.
Typically, the executable is installed into this directory.
You can use a WMI query ('System.Manage ment') with the 'Win32_Product'
class and check its 'InstallLocatio n' property:
Platform SDK: Windows Management Instrumentation -- 'Win32_Product'
<URL:http://msdn.microsoft. com/library/en-us/wmisdk/wmi/win32_product.a sp>
--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>
Geoff,
All about the stephchild Deployment and Setup project seems to be hidden you
would expect it under Edit however it is.
When you have opened a setup project
View -> Editor ->Registry
I hope this helps?
Cor
Thanks Cor. That makes a lot more sense now.
K
"Cor Ligthert" <no************ @planet.nl> wrote in message
news:uh******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl... Geoff,
All about the stephchild Deployment and Setup project seems to be hidden
you would expect it under Edit however it is.
When you have opened a setup project
View -> Editor ->Registry
I hope this helps?
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