File Location - Please help

[Khelder]

Hello.

I am writing a program in MFC, and there are a few files included as dependencies in the installation. These files will be placed in the application folder on the target machine. The user can install this program anywhere they want on their computer. Inside the program, a path is needed to open up these default files, but if the user can install anywhere, how do I know the path? I have heard there is a function that gets the installation path of the program. I have searched for quite awhile, and I do not think i am getting close because I dont know how to phrase what Im looking for. If you have any suggestions, please let me know.

Thanks,
Khelder

[Khelder]

It seems posting on message boards is good look. 5 hours of searching...nada...post on message board..run across fix 5 minutes later. In case anyone was wondering, this gives the path to the location of the installation:

CString Path(*__argv);

Thanks anyways,

Khelder

[adrianxw]

You can also use the GetModuleFileName() API function to return the path and name of the current module.