C#

Dave Kreskowiak wrote:

YOu can get the path back to the directory that the .EXE was started from by using Application.StartupPath.

Martin# wrote:

I needed this for a costum designed property

Martin# wrote:

But if more then one person is working on an application it is often the case, that the pathes don't mach, and so you have to have a kind of hirarchy with the starting point exe-path.

Martin# wrote:

For this property, we made a property designer which has to have access to a database file.
During designtime the person is entering this property which shows a form with all the database informations. He than is able to modify or choose one element of the form, which is then copied (as a string) to the property and stored in the initializecomponent code.

Martin# wrote:

Also the costumer is allowed to copy the application with all the xml, xsd, db, ..-Files wherever he whants.

Dim path As String = Path.Combine(Application.StartupPath, "\subfolder.file.xml")

I wrote:

Is there a designtime support for that?
Means, all the other ways (apart from System.Inviroment.CurrentDirectory) brougt me an obscure path at design time.

Dave Kreskowiak wrote:

OK. So your application builds the absolute path from Application.StartupPath and the relative path stored somewhere:

Dim path As String = Path.Combine(Application.StartupPath, "\subfolder.file.xml")

This will hold true and work no matter what folder the customer copies the .EXE file and subfolders/files to.

Dave Kreskowiak wrote:

THere is just about never a reason to depend on CurrentDirectory unless you're writing some kind of commandline utility.

C:\> CD workingDirectoryPath
workingDirectoryPath> <pathToExe>\Executable.exe

//Button Click event
this.button.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.button_Click);
  
//TextBoxes KeyDown event
this.tbName.KeyDown += new System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventHandler(this.textBox_KeyDown);
this.tbPassword.KeyDown += new System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventHandler(this.textBox_KeyDown);
  
//Here is the validation method (your code)
private void Validating()
{
    //code
}
  
//All events call the same method
private void button3_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    Validating();
} 
  
private void textBox_KeyDown(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs e)
{
    //Only if Enter is pressed
    if(e.KeyCode == System.Windows.Forms.Keys.Enter)
    {
	Validating();
    }
}