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From: Early Ehlinger
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 00:17

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"Rodolfo Frino - Stargate Software" <starcinema@eftel.com>
> Can you post a minimal but complete example?

He already did:

Remy wrote:
> AnsiString Path = ExtractFilePath(Application->ExeName);

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.  See the CreateProcessApi for details.

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