AppPath() replacement

[Analia Beltran]

Hi

How do I get the path where application is running?

TIA

A.B.

[EricJ]

Application.StartupPath()

"Analia Beltran" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Hi

How do I get the path where application is running?

TIA

A.B.

[Nice Chap]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...alBasicNET.asp

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* "=?Utf-8?B?QW5hbGlhIEJlbHRyYW4=?=" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> scripsit:

How do I get the path where application is running?

\\\
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Reflection
..
..
..
Private Function ApplicationPath() As String
Return _
Path.GetDirectoryName([Assembly].GetExecutingAssembly().Location)
End Function
///

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>

[Alexandre Moura]

Use System.Environment.CurrentDirectory:

'on a console app:
Module Module1

Sub Main()
Console.WriteLine(System.Environment.CurrentDirect ory())
End Sub

End Module

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* am****@online.microsoft.com (Alexandre Moura) scripsit:

Use System.Environment.CurrentDirectory:

'on a console app:
Module Module1

Sub Main()
Console.WriteLine(System.Environment.CurrentDirect ory())
End Sub

This doesn't always return the application's startup path.

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>

[Codemonkey]

System.Environment.CurrentDirectory() simply returns the current directory
(which can change during execution or by starting the program with a
shortcut with a different "Start In" setting.

According to the Help (look under "App Object Changes"), the official
replacement for App.Path is:

System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly.Lo cation

Beware, because this returns the filename of the Exe or dll as well - you'll
need to strip this off to get the directory. Also if the code is in a dll
that is in a different directory than your current application, it will
return that path instead.

If you want to get the path of the main executable that started the
application, use

System.Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly.Locati on

Instead

Hope this helps,

Trev.


"Alexandre Moura" <am****@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9L**************@cpmsftngxa07.phx.gbl...

Use System.Environment.CurrentDirectory:

'on a console app:
Module Module1

Sub Main()
Console.WriteLine(System.Environment.CurrentDirect ory())
End Sub

End Module

[Alexandre Moura]

Yep, you guys are right.

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* am****@online.microsoft.com (Alexandre Moura) scripsit:

Use System.Environment.CurrentDirectory:

'on a console app:
Module Module1

Sub Main()
Console.WriteLine(System.Environment.CurrentDirect ory())
End Sub

This doesn't always return the application's startup path.

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>