Hi,
How can I get the path of where my application is running from? I have tried Application.Name but "Application" is not found?

Thanks

Richard
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Richard Mace wrote

Hi, How can I get the path of where my application is running from? I have tried Application.Name but "Application" is not found?

e.g. paramstr(0)

Note: getting the exe path is not guaranteed to work on all platforms (e.g. OSX). Please see the documentation as well as the multiplatform programming articles on the wiki.

Perfect, thanks Reinier

Richard
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Richard Mace wrote

How can I get the path of where my application is running from? I have tried Application.Name

Application.ExeName

but "Application" is not found?

"Application" is only available when using appropriate "WidgetTypes". Not when doing simple command line tools.

-Michael
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It is if you use TCustomApplication from custapp.

Michael.

This _is_ a (on that behalf) " appropriate WidgetType" (for a "non-GUI Application") :-)

-Michael

No. CustomApplication is not a widget type.

Widget types do not even enter the picture, customapplication is included in FPC, not Lazarus.

Michael.

It's not a widget type, it's just a class. I use it in all my command line programs, big or small.

Henry

Michael Van Canneyt wrote

Widget types do not even enter the picture, customapplication is included in FPC, not Lazarus.

I see. Thanks.

So you suggest deriving and instantiating a propriety application from the TCustomApplication class ?

Will that automatically provide the correct string as MyApplication.ExeName ?

I thing just using the Lazarus NoGUI Widget Type is more appropriate.

-Michael

I don't suggest anything. I just react on incorrect information.

Will that automatically provide the correct string as MyApplication.ExeName ?

Yes.

I thing just using the Lazarus NoGUI Widget Type is more appropriate.

No, for 2 reasons:

1) It creates unwanted dependencies.
2) It creates the illusion of functionality which isn't actually there.

Sooner or later it will bite you in the leg.

Michael.

Michael Van Canneyt wrote

> So you suggest deriving and instantiating a propriety application > from the TCustomApplication class ? I don't suggest anything. I just react on incorrect information.

I see. Thanks for the clarification .

> > Will that automatically provide the correct string as > MyApplication.ExeName ? Yes.

Great. I thought TCustomApplication would be rather abstract.

OK.

In fact I decently dislike NoGUI as it does not provide an event queue for things like TTimer and thus is not comparable with "really functional" WidgetTypes.

But unfortunately there is no "functional" Widget Type for command line applications.

Of course as I understand that the OP want to do a project dedicated to Windows, he just could do a normal Application and hide the Main Window.

-Michael

Application.ExeName is a rather abstract functionality (in the end it just works with ParamStr(0) anyway...).

Regards,
Sven

Sven Barth wrote

Application.ExeName is a rather abstract functionality (in the end it just works with ParamStr(0) anyway...).

Grrr. I meant it might be property that calls an abstract function to force siblings to implement it. (TCustom... classes are often done like that)

-Michael

Then you need to express yourself more precisely :P

Regards,
Sven