Application.StartupPath

Marshall

Hello all:

I'm a new C# dude so apologize for the simplicity...

I was given a solution in another thread that I cannot seem to duplicate?

In C# VS2005, I'm simply trying to get the application startup path BUT in the IDE when I type "Application." only DoEvents, Equals, Exit, ReferenceEquals and Run show up as possible selections??? Manually typing "StartupPath" gives me an error. Is there a declaration I'm missing?

Thank you

Marshall

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Marshall19y ago
That works!

Thank you

Marshall
Huang Elite19y ago
May be you can try using System.Enviroment.CurrentDirectory ..
Marshall19y ago
Well, I think I understand how this works!

MY app is a smartdevice app for PPC2003 and above which uses the Compact Framework 2.0 . This being a subset of the .NET Framework 2.0 ... guess what ? StartupPath is not implemented in the CF2.0. My bad guys!

Appreciate the help!

Thank you

Marshall
Sokak19y ago
That sounds very odd. In your code, can you try using a fully-qualified namespace, just to be sure it isn't a conflicting Application object.

string path = System.Windows.Forms.Application.StartupPath;

Other than that, as it's been said, it should just work. You can check your project references to see that System.Windows.Forms is pointing to a v2.0. If you create a new Windows Forms C# project you should be able to see the .StartupPath property. If not then something is very wrong with your .Net framework.
Marshall19y ago
Kamal:

I've got the same uses items with the addition of System.IO and still cannot get the Application.StartupPath to work??? I'm now installing SP1 to see if this fixes the problem. I'm an old Borland C++ Builder person and this is quite frustrating in my first venture into MFC VS. I like mostly what I see but am finding that the code examples don't exactly work as pictured.

Thank you
kamalakar rao19y ago

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.ComponentModel;

using System.Data;

using System.Drawing;

using System.Text;

using System.Windows.Forms;

These are all default imports when we would create new project in VS 2005
For myself Application.StartupPath is working.