how to set image resource path for D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx method?

[ulti-killer]

I try to merge all the image resources to a folder called resource. So, set image path as "resource/" but my directX framework only works if I compile at VS 2010. If I run from the debug folder it cannot run.(I already copy all the image resources to debug folder)

 string folder = "resource/";

    void setTexture(LPDIRECT3DTEXTURE9& texture, string imgName, int imgWidth, int imgHeight, D3DCOLOR TransparentColorKey)
    {
        string path;

        path = folder + imgName;

        //    Create texture.
        hr = D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx(d3dDevice, path.c_str(), imgWidth, imgHeight, 
            D3DX_DEFAULT, NULL, D3DFMT_A8R8G8B8, D3DPOOL_MANAGED, 
            D3DX_DEFAULT, D3DX_DEFAULT, TransparentColorKey, NULL, NULL, &texture);
    }

[VirtualAce]

I know this post is older but since no one has answered I will.

I think if you set your working directory in your project to your bin folder then all of your relative paths will be correct regardless if you are running from the IDE or from Explorer. If your project runs inside of MSVS but does not run outside of it...it is almost always due to not having set the working folder inside of MSVS. You must make your environment in MSVS behave as if MSVS was not running and did not alter any paths. If you set your working folder to your bin and then base all of your relative paths off of that...your code will work both inside of MSVS and standalone.

The problem arises in MSVS b/c even though your final output executable is in your specified output folder the actual environment within MSVS is relative to where the .sln is. Outside of MSVS everything is relative to where the executable is. So you must force MSVS to make all paths relative to your output folder instead of where your solution file is.