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2roll4life7 · Oct 18th, 2005, 7:12 PM

I would go one of three ways... First you could modify the installer to write the absolute path of the base directory where it's installed to, to a constant location. I mean it's a drawback because then it is almost like you have two locations for one file, but it's a possibility I just figured I'd throw it out there.

The second way I would consider is almost the same, but instead of writting the absolute base directory to a file, you could put it in an environmental variable (like what DaWei [I think] was saying).

The third way is the other way you mentioned in you're orginal post. The last version of DigitalMarsCompiler that I downloaded would automatically include the whole absolute path of the current file in argv[], then you could just parse that with whatever other directory. I'm sure you can do this with whatever compiler you're using too.

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Also a fourth, somewhat ugly solution, would be to use something like... http://www.germane-software.com/soft...ries/registry/

Oct 18th, 2005, 7:12 PM	#4
2roll4life7 Programmer Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: 0x0010 * 0x0091 + 0x0004 Posts: 65 Rep Power: 4	I would go one of three ways... First you could modify the installer to write the absolute path of the base directory where it's installed to, to a constant location. I mean it's a drawback because then it is almost like you have two locations for one file, but it's a possibility I just figured I'd throw it out there. The second way I would consider is almost the same, but instead of writting the absolute base directory to a file, you could put it in an environmental variable (like what DaWei [I think] was saying). The third way is the other way you mentioned in you're orginal post. The last version of DigitalMarsCompiler that I downloaded would automatically include the whole absolute path of the current file in argv[], then you could just parse that with whatever other directory. I'm sure you can do this with whatever compiler you're using too. //Edit Also a fourth, somewhat ugly solution, would be to use something like... http://www.germane-software.com/soft...ries/registry/ __________________ (Toggle Plain Text) #if 0 /* in case someone actually tries to compile this / #if 0 / in case someone actually tries to compile this */ - libpng version 1.2.8 (example.c) <Jim_McNeat> Is there like a way to put a compiler in "Just trust me on that one" mode?