How can I get the path in Quickbasic?<br>
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For example, a program that opens file "text.txt" is located on "c:\temp". Also the file "text.txt" is located on that directory. If I run the program from "c:\" with command c:\temp\program.exe , the program tries to open c:\text.txt .<br>
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So, what do I need to do to tell the program that the file is located on the same directory that the program itself?

chdir path$<br>
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I have to put this here so the message post will be longer. I guess he got tired of people just putting blank messages up on the server... ok, that should do it. =) if you have any other questions, just post, and I'll try to help you, but I won't do your homework. (be crafty in your representation, and I just might) <br>
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enjoy.

From the command line:<br>
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CD TEMP<br>
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then run your program.<br>
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When you specify a path for executing a program, even if it's a relative path, the OS will not change directories but will run the program from where it is.<br>
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Of course, one other way of doing this is to specify a path in the file itself:<br>
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OPEN "C:\TEMP\TEXT.TXT" FOR BINARY ACCESS READ AS FileHandle<br>
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which will work just fine no matter what directory you run the program from.<br>
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