GetCurrentDirectory in CF

[Robert Hanson]

I am trying to get the current directory in Compact Framework in order
to load a XML file loaded there. Is there a workaround for the
Directory.GetCurrentDirectory?

Thanks for any help!!

Bob Hanson
Centare Group Ltd.

 

[Maarten Struys, eMVP]

Windows CE does not have the concept of a current directory. What you can
get is the directory the app is running from, see:
http://www.opennetcf.org/Forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=86. An easier method to
get the application's path is using the ApplicationEx.StartupPath property
that is available in OpenNETCF.org's Smart Device Framework.

Regards,

 

[Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]]

Windows CE has no concept of 'current directory', so .NET CF does not
either. You'll have to code the full directory path into anything that
needs a path.

Paul T.

 

[Geoff Schwab [MSFT]]

7.1. How do I determine the application's root directory?
http://msdn.microsoft.com/mobility/prodtechinfo/devtools/netcf/FAQ/default.aspx#7.1

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Geoff Schwab
Program Manager
Excell Data Corporation
http://msdn.com/mobility
http://msdn.microsoft.com/mobility/prodtechinfo/devtools/netcf/FAQ/default.aspx

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[Fred Pizarro]

Try this ...

string sPath = Path.GetDirectoryName(
Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetModules()[0].FullyQualifiedName );

 

[Chris Tacke, eMVP]

You should use GetCallingAssembly, not GetExecutingAssembly becasue if you
put this in a DLL that ends up in the \Windows folder, you'll always get t
\Windows as the path.

--
Chris Tacke, eMVP
Co-Founder and Advisory Board Member
www.OpenNETCF.org
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Windows CE Product Manager
Applied Data Systems
www.applieddata.net

Try this ...

string sPath = Path.GetDirectoryName(
Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetModules()[0].FullyQualifiedName );

I am trying to get the current directory in Compact Framework in order
to load a XML file loaded there. Is there a workaround for the
Directory.GetCurrentDirectory?

Thanks for any help!!

Bob Hanson
Centare Group Ltd.