Another thought, with out the complexities of true INI [see website for
sample code], would be to create an INI file, just one line of text that is
the path for that machine. This would facilitate needed
changes/installations without any code rewriting. Besure to replace the
ProgramName with you MBX name.
If you need more than this then you can read each line, see what the KEY= is
and then assign the =VALUE to an assigned variable but if your going to do
this then looking into using the WinAPI would really be easier. [ IMO ]
DIM aPath AS STRING
IF FileExists(ApplicationDirectory$()+"ProgramName.INI) THEN
Open File ApplicationDirectory$()+"ProgramName.INI" FOR INPUT as #1
While aPath=""
Line Input #1, aPath
Wend
Close File #1
ELSE
aPath=FileOpenDlg("","","","Please Locate The File....")
IF aPath>"" THEN
aPath=PathToDirectory$(aPath)
Open File ApplicationDirectory$()+"ProgramName.INI" FOR OUTPUT as #1
Print #1, aPath
CLOSE FILE #1
ELSE
NOTE "Terminating....Can Not Locate File(s)"
END PROGRAM
END IF
END IF
Trey Pattillo
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.wap3.com
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Subject: MI-L File open in MapBasic
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> Hi Listers
>
> Is there a way to identify the location of a file in MapBasic without
having
> some sort of user inter-action (say using FileOpenDlg)? The problem I
have
> is that we have some users (at remote locations) who access files on their
> C: drive, whilst others who access the same files via a server (though
even
> then the mapped drive pointing to the same server may well be different on
> different PC's). So if I want to open a table in MapBasic that's held in
> different places what's the best way to go about it without getting the
user
> to locate it through a dialog?
>
> Thanks in advance.....
>
> Greg
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