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RE: current_dir() on WinXP

• Posted by Al Getz <Xaxo at aol.com> May 29, 2003
• 591 views

Hello again Wayne,

I have to apologize for not mentioning that the include file
i pointed you to doesnt use any win api links, it's all done
in raw Euphoria code, and it's a very short file.
All it does is look at command line args and do a simple
split_path() ignoring everything except the dir.

It's also of interest to note that the win api also doesnt
work as expected, at least not on Win98 (which i end up using
more then WinXP).  If you drag and drop a file and use
the win api GetCurrentDirectory() you still dont get the
correct directory   The function doesnt fail, it just
returns the wrong directory!  

I think the name of the file is "GetCurrentDir.e"
not "GetCurrentDir.ew".  I try to remember to use the
"e" extension for files that dont use windows specific
stuff.


Take care for now,
Al




euman at bellsouth.net wrote:
> 
> Thanks AL,
> 
> I knew I could do this using Win API, just wanted to
> know if others had similar problems with built-in
> Euphoria commands.
> 
> Robert may want to check into changing current_dir()
> for us Windows programmers.
> 
> Euman
>  
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Al Getz" <Xaxo at aol.com>
> To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 3:15 PM
> Subject: RE: current_dir() on WinXP
> 
> 
> > 
> > euman at bellsouth.net wrote:
> > > 
> > > Has anyone other then me noticed that current_dir()
> > > doesnt work on WinXP? 
> > > I always get the :\Documents and Settings directory...
> > > 
> > > Euman
> > 
> > Hello again Wayne,
> > 
> > current_dir() doesnt work on any machine if you drag and drop
> > a file onto your executable.
> > 
> > I submitted a CClient piece installer a while back which has
> > an include file "GetStartupDir.e" in the source.
> > This has a function GetStartupDirectory() which always 
> > returns the correct startup directory.
> > 
> > Take care for now,
> > Al
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> > 
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