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Finding directory of VB project dynamically
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Oops! That should be string length = (string length -1)
I was right about the FSO Property though - it's GetParentFolderName - so no need to mess with strings at all!
Chris.
I was right about the FSO Property though - it's GetParentFolderName - so no need to mess with strings at all!
Chris.
Q - P = A
OK, so I've just spotted another mistake. Where I have Set fldrs = fso.GetFolder("C:\Program Files") it should be Set fldrs = fso.GetFolder(YOUR PARENT FOLDER PATH HERE)
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Originally Posted by Mr.Wobbles 
hkdani - the only potential problem I can see with that is my database is in a different folder than what app.path return, the folders that each are in are in the same location, also I can't really go up a directory and specify the folder name because every time I install them then the folder names change - don't know why.
The installer should install the Program in a default location: usually the <Program Files > folder. You need to follow some good practices on your locations: (1) Data that will be used by All Users, should go in the All Users directory, and (2) Data that will be used for the personal user should go in that User's Directory.
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Currently I am saving it to a directory that I know where it is (C:/Program Files/PortGen2.0)
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Which allows me to save it, but not restore it because I don't know where to load the file if something were to happen to the old one.
But once you have those two locations saved, you have to program the code based on those values to restore your database. But the first time the program runs, you should have code running in the initialization phase that will save the Active Location, and then you need some kind of menu that spits out a form where you can save the restore location and probably use the same form for restoring your data.
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Originally Posted by Mr.Wobbles
hkdani - the only potential problem I can see with that is my database is in a different folder than what app.path return, the folders that each are in are in the same location, also I can't really go up a directory and specify the folder name because every time I install them then the folder names change - don't know why.
The installer should install the Program in a default location: usually the <Program Files > folder. You need to follow some good practices on your locations: (1) Data that will be used by All Users, should go in the All Users directory, and (2) Data that will be used for the personal user should go in that User's Directory.
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Currently I am saving it to a directory that I know where it is (C:/Program Files/PortGen2.0)
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Which allows me to save it, but not restore it because I don't know where to load the file if something were to happen to the old one.
But once you have those two locations saved, you have to program the code based on those values to restore your database. But the first time the program runs, you should have code running in the initialization phase that will save the Active Location, and then you need some kind of menu that spits out a form where you can save the restore location and probably use the same form for restoring your data.
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