Finding the path of a file

Can someone tell me how to find the path of a file that is in the same directory where the executable file is? I tried using the GetFullPathName() function but I think I did something wrong. Thanks.

getcwd() will tell you the current working directory.

Post your attempt at getting GetFullPathName() to work.

Code:

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#include <windows.h>

char path[100];

GetFullPathName("cliente.html", sizeof(path), path, NULL);

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Trying here got me this which gave me this:

Quote:

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Code:

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DWORD GetFullPathName(
  LPCTSTR lpFileName,
  DWORD nBufferLength,
  LPTSTR lpBuffer,
  LPTSTR* lpFilePart
);

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Are you sure you want the last parameter to be NULL?

Code:

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#include <windows.h>

char path[100] = "";
char *filename[100] = {NULL};

FindExecutable("cliente.html", NULL, linha);
GetFullPathName("cliente.html", sizeof(path), path, filename);
ShellExecute(NULL, "open", linha, filename, NULL, SW_MAXIMIZE);

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I'm trying to open a .html file that is located in the same directory where the executable file is with the default browser but this is not working. What am I doing wrong now? Thanks.

You can get the path to the current executable with GetModuleFileName. There is no need to call FindExecutable.

Code:

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#include <windows.h>
#include <shlwapi.h>
#if defined(_MSC_VER)
#  pragma comment(lib, "shlwapi.lib")
#endif

TCHAR szExePath[MAX_PATH];
TCHAR szHtmlPath[MAX_PATH];

GetModuleFileName(NULL, szExePath, MAX_PATH);            // eg. C:\test\myprogram.exe
PathRemoveFileSpec(szExePath);                            // eg. C:\test
PathCombine(szHtmlPath, szExePath, TEXT("cliente.html")); // eg. C:\test\cliente.html
ShellExecute(NULL, TEXT("open"), szHtmlPath, NULL, NULL, SW_MAXIMIZE);

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Thank you :)

Can you please explain the marked line, what does it mean by "module"?

Thank you.

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Originally Posted by anonytmouse

You can get the path to the current executable with GetModuleFileName. There is no need to call FindExecutable.

Code:

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#include <windows.h>
#include <shlwapi.h>
#if defined(_MSC_VER)
#  pragma comment(lib, "shlwapi.lib")
#endif

TCHAR szExePath[MAX_PATH];
TCHAR szHtmlPath[MAX_PATH];

GetModuleFileName(NULL, szExePath, MAX_PATH);             // eg. C:\test\myprogram.exe
PathRemoveFileSpec(szExePath);                            // eg. C:\test
PathCombine(szHtmlPath, szExePath, TEXT("cliente.html")); // eg. C:\test\cliente.html
ShellExecute(NULL, TEXT("open"), szHtmlPath, NULL, NULL, SW_MAXIMIZE);

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Module, as in executable file or .dll or something like that, I think.