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"Philip Morley" <> wrote in message
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> I want my C++ executable to return the full path it was executed from on a
> Windows box using Microsoft Visual C++.
>
> In the past on Unix systems I have used argv[0], but on Windows argv[0]
> seems to return the DOS command, not the full path.
>
> Any suggestions on how to do this with Visual C++ would be appreciated.
>
Sorry it is offtopic here.
Please ask such questions on microsoft.public.vc.language newsgroup.

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Since I know the answer -
GetModuleFileName ()
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With best wishes,
J.Schafer

"Josephine Schafer" <> wrote in message
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> "Philip Morley" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > I want my C++ executable to return the full path it was executed from on
a
> > Windows box using Microsoft Visual C++.
> >
> > In the past on Unix systems I have used argv[0], but on Windows argv[0]
> > seems to return the DOS command, not the full path.
> >
> > Any suggestions on how to do this with Visual C++ would be appreciated.
> >
> Sorry it is offtopic here.
> Please ask such questions on microsoft.public.vc.language newsgroup.
>
> <offtopic>
> Since I know the answer -
> GetModuleFileName ()
> </offtopic>
>
> --
> With best wishes,
> J.Schafer
>
>

Will do in the future. Thanks for your reply.