Re: Where to place application files
From: someone (comfortably_numb__at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/30/04
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Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 00:17:58 -0600
Use GetModuleFileName and chop off everything after the last backslash. Just
like on a PC it is not a good idea to put something in the root directory on
a Pocket PC. Users probably wouldn't appreciate it that much.
"Brad" <bradley_.wood_@ndsu_.nodak_.edu> wrote in message
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> Newbie.
>
> I need to check for the existence of an update file. I would normally
> put the file in the application's directory, but then (it seems) I have
> to hard code the location of the file since the CF doesn't include
> Application.StartupPath or Assembly.Location. If I simply put the file
> at the root, then I don't need to know anything but the file's name.
>
> I wouldn't think of doing that in a desktop application, but it almost
> seems like it doesn't much matter where files go on a PDA, or does it?
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