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Article #17593Re: How to get application's directory?
From: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 05:34
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 05:34
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That is another very good point I forgot to mention. The same thing also applies to applications that are started from simple shortcuts which have their "Start In" field specified. Gambit "Early Ehlinger" <early@respower.com> wrote in message news:3e7cfd40$1@newsgroups.borland.com... > Anyway, you can't rely on GetCurrentDirectory to tell > you the directory anyway, because the process that > launches your application (typically explorer) could set > the startup directory to something other than your exe's > location.
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