finding current working directory

[TColeman]

I am writing output to a file and I want the file to be placed in the current working directory (the directory the application is located). How do I do that without hard coding the location? I am starting the application from a shortcut on the desktop, so the text file I am writing to gets saved in PROGRESS/bin.

Thanks, Terri

 

[osmjimtsr]

I am still looking into my files, but I do remember that you can find all the information you need from http://www.pugcentral.org/api

Hope that help.

Regards.

 

[jamesmc]

Hi there Terri,

I use the following code. It will return the working directory that is specified on the icon that you double-click (or the location of the executable file that you double-click on).

/* Assign the current directory as the file you want to query */
FILE-INFO:FILE-NAME = ".".
DISPLAY FILE-INFO:FULL-PATHNAME FORMAT "x(60)" LABEL "Full Path".

I think the code was something I found in the progress help files.

HTH,

James.

 

[rich_t]

Have you set the startup directory of your shortcut to the application directory?

If so that's where all output should go, otherwise the default when you create a shortcut is the location of the executable.

HTH

Rich