RE: [GD-Windows] Program directory

[Gareth L. <GL...@cl...>]

Yes, the define _MAX_PATH and it's friends are well worth using in =
cases
like this.

Sadly GetModuleFileName doesn't return the length if the buffer you =
give is
too small, unlike other API calls.

Regards, Gareth Lewin

-----Original Message-----
From: Ignacio Casta=F1o [mailto:cas...@ya...]
Sent: 11 June 2002 21:00
To: gam...@li...
Subject: Re: [GD-Windows] Program directory


Javier Arevalo wrote:
> > I would like to know how to retrieve the path where the program =
being
> > executed is.
>
> TCHAR szExeFilename[300];
> ::GetModuleFileName(NULL, szExeFilename,
> sizeof(szExeFilename)/sizeof(szExeFilename[0]));

That works fine, thanks!
BTW, I once had problems with those hardcoded string names when one =
client
installed my application under a very long file path...


Ignacio Casta=F1o
cas...@ya...



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