🚀 go-pugleaf

GetCurrentDirectory() should be called before changing the
Current Directory (I forgot to mention that) like that

   ApplicationDirectory = Get_CurrentDirectory();

only once. Where Get_CurrentDirectory() is a wrapper.
around the GetCurrentDirectory() API

For example:

AnsiString ApplicationDirectory;

AnsiString Get_CurrentDirectory()
{
   const DWORD BUFF_SIZE = 256;
   char Buffer[BUFF_SIZE];
   GetCurrentDirectory(BUFF_SIZE, Buffer); //Win 32 API
   return AnsiString(Buffer);
}
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
__fastcall TForm1::TForm1(TComponent* Owner)
        : TForm(Owner)
{
   // Be Careful since SetCurrentDirectory() can change the
   // Current Directory.
   ApplicationDirectory = Get_CurrentDirectory();
   //...
   SetCurrentDirectory("C:\\TEMP");
   //...
}

Of course SetCurrentDirectory("C:\\TEMP");
could be called later during the application's lifetime.

And, of course, you don't have to call
     ApplicationDirectory = Get_CurrentDirectory();
again, but you can call
     String SomethingElse = Get_CurrentDirectory();
if you needed to.

Rodolfo


> Usin GetCurrentDirectory is not to be recommended as the user can change
> what the current directory is when the application starts. If they do then
> this method does not work.