Relative Path

[Jack]

Hi gurus,
I am trying hard on this, but with success.
I'd like to get the relative path \\data\\Demo.dat

void OpenFile (char *filename)
{
char szPath[256];
GetCurrentDirectoryA(sizeof(szPath), szPath);

SetCurrentDirectoryA(szPath);

strcat (szPath, filename);


FILE *fp = fopen(szPath, "rb");

//////////////////////////////
When I put \\data\\Demo.dat there as the parameter.
The file being referenced is
C:\Current Path\Project\Project\data\

When I place \\..\\data\\Demo.dat there
it works but I don't like it that way
C:\current Path\Project\data

As I don't want to hard code it,
How can I make it always relative to the exe file....
Sorry as it has been asked for trillion times.
Thanks
Jack

[Jack]

No, without success :)

[David Wilkinson]

Post by Jack
Hi gurus,
I am trying hard on this, but with success.
I'd like to get the relative path \\data\\Demo.dat
void OpenFile (char *filename)
{
char szPath[256];
GetCurrentDirectoryA(sizeof(szPath), szPath);
SetCurrentDirectoryA(szPath);
strcat (szPath, filename);
FILE *fp = fopen(szPath, "rb");
//////////////////////////////
When I put \\data\\Demo.dat there as the parameter.
The file being referenced is
C:\Current Path\Project\Project\data\
When I place \\..\\data\\Demo.dat there
it works but I don't like it that way
C:\current Path\Project\data
As I don't want to hard code it,
How can I make it always relative to the exe file....
Sorry as it has been asked for trillion times.

If you know the location relative to the executable, you should use
::GetModuleFileName(NULL, ..), not ::GetCurrentDirectory(). In general you will
not know in advance what the working directory is.

[Jack]

Yes, great I've got it
Thanks David for your kindred help
Jack