Trim pathname HELP PLEASE

s c

Hi all, I'm a newbie so please forgive me if i mess this up :-)
I am working on a new vb app in vb 2008 that works of a database. What i want to do is store a short image path to the database field (the picture is displayed on a vb form.)
Anyway, i can get the full path of the picture but i want to crop it to just everything AFTER the appication.startuppath, IE:

I get image path as: C:\Users\me\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\mydbapp\picture\local\image1.jpg
I then store this in a textbox, now i want to retrieve everything EXCEPT the application path which in this case is 'C:\Users\me\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\mydbapp' so i just get
'picture\local\image1.jpg'
The application path will change once it is rolled out hence i just store the short image path in the db and manually add application.startuppath in code so as it will always work (in theory!!)
PLEASE HELP ME ASAP, i have googled all day and not been able to solve it.

Many thanks in anticipation of your answer

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s c18y ago
THANK YOU - That worked 100%. You are a true STAR!!!!

Many thanks for your help in solving this for me, i owe you a drink :-)
Alan18y ago
Try:

     Dim fullPath As String = "C:\Users\me\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\mydbapp\picture\local\image1.jpg"
     Dim trimmedPath = ""
     If (fullPath.StartsWith(Application.StartupPath))
       Dim index As Integer = Application.StartupPath.Length + 1
       trimmedPath = fullPath.Substring(index)
     Else
       trimmedPath = fullPath
     End If
     MessageBox.Show(trimmedPath)