fExeDir (Function)

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External file management functions

Application used in Windows Vista (and later)

Path of a system directory

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Constants for the external files

Functions for handling directories and external files

Handling the external files

Storing files in Android

Summary table: Managing the application directories according to the platform

fCurrentDir (Example)

fCurrentDir

fCurrentDrive (Example)

fDetectRemovableStorage

fDriveReady (Example)

fExtractPath (Example)

fGraphicFilter (Example)

fGraphicFilter

fImageSelect (Example)

fImageSelect

fInsertTextAtBeginning

fIsImage

fListDirectory (Example)

fReadLineRegularExpression

fReportsAndQueriesDir

fSizeUncompressed (Example)

fSizeUncompressed

fSplit

fStopCompress (Example)

fUncompress (Example)

SOAP server
Application used in Windows Vista (and later)
Path of a system directory

WINDEV

WEBDEV

WINDEV Mobile

Others

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fExeDir (Function)

In french: fRepExe

Returns the directory from which the execution is started.

Returns the runtime directory of the project. This directory must be accessible in read/write mode. In most cases, it contains the data files and the other files handled by the WEBDEV site.

Caution: fExeDir is used to find out the runtime directory while fCurrentDir is used to find out the current directory.

Example

// Runtime directory
Info("This application is started from " + fExeDir())

Syntax

<Result> = fExeDir()

<Result>: Character string

Directory from which the executable is run. This path does not end with the "\" character.
In test mode (GO from WINDEV), corresponds to:
the generation directory given in the description of the current project configuration.
the EXE subdirectory of the project directory.
At run time, corresponds to the directory containing the current executable.
Runtime directory of the project. In test mode and in deployment (GO from WEBDEV), corresponds to the EXE sub-directory of the project directory.
Setup directory of the application (in the internal storage area).
Data directory of the application.
Root directory of application (accessible in read-only).

Remarks

SOAP server

When fExeDir is used on a SOAP server, it returns the path of the directory containing the library of the SOAP server being run.

Application used in Windows Vista (and later)

In Windows Vista (and later), the UAC mechanism implies some development constraints.

Therefore, the files used by the application (data files or INI files for example) should be stored in the specific directories of the application (and not in the directory of the executable). These directories are returned by fDataDirCommon, fDataDirUser, fGlobalDirCommon and fGlobalDirUser.

Path of a system directory

To find out the path of a system directory, use SysDir.

Related Examples:

Unit examples (WINDEV): Handling text files

[ + ] Handling "text" files with WINDEV:
- Create a text file
- Write into a text file
- Read in a text file

Unit examples (WEBDEV): Handling text files

[ + ] This example explains how to handle "non HFSQL" files with WEBDEV and it allows you to:
- Create a text file
- Write into a text file
- Read in a text file

Unit examples (WINDEV Mobile): Handling text files

[ + ] Handling external "text" files:
- Create a text file
- Write into a text file
- Read in a text file

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