application.startuppath

[sodakotahusker]

I have found samples of retrieving the directory that the application resides in the old app.path from vb6
but I cannot get that to work for me. I found a namespace in one of the threads but I don't find that namespace - aparently because I am creating a service and not a forms project??? Is there a way for me to determine the app path without using the application class?

 

[NoCoolHandle]

This might be simple...

Application.StartupPath & "\imagepath.txt"

There are no imports or any other thing required to run the above line...

What is not always obvious when you are developing is just where application.startuppath is...

Generally speaking it is in the \bin directory of your project.

I always find

msgbox (Application.StartupPath)
to be a reliable method of finding out what the value is..

HTH


Rob

 

[sodakotahusker]

Create a windows service project and try your msgbox - no go - cause there is no application object there.

 

[NoCoolHandle]

hahah...OK.. good point...

SOrry write the location to at textfile and read the textfile, or save the file there and then do a search for it.





Rob

 

[sodakotahusker]

I'll just store the value in the registry and read it out of there. Thanks.

 

[ThatRickGuy]

environment.CurrentDirectory

Even when you're not an application, you're still in an environment.

-Rick

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[sodakotahusker]

Thank ya - thank ya - thank ya!

 

[sodakotahusker]

Wait a second. That returned the windows\system32 directory. That is not where my windows service is running from ?

 

[NoCoolHandle]

Are you sure? probabaly though a service host....


As per earlier...
<snip>
What is not always obvious when you are developing is just where application.startuppath is...
</snip>
but do a replace on "when you are developing" for ""




Rob

 

[ThatRickGuy]

Bingo, services run from system32. It's by design, think about the security of it and the lack of a logged in user.

-Rick

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