In future can i recommend boost::filesystem to deal with your
os-independent paths
On 18 Jun 2015 22:45, "Hotmail (ArbolOne)" <arbol...@hotmail.ca> wrote:
> I found the solution, the answer to my problem is
> getenv("ARBOLONE")
>
> Thanks folks
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Max S.
> Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 5:12 PM
> To: Hotmail (ArbolOne)
> Cc: MinGW-64 Mailinglist ; gcc-help Mailing List
> Subject: Re: finding the data file
>
> I'm not a win user, but it looks to me like your problem is that on one
> machine the file is located at
> D:\\Program Files\\ArbolOne\\Sound\\KimPossible.wav
> and on the other at
> C:\\Program Files\\ArbolOne\\Sound\\KimPossible.wav
>
> You could solve this problem by using relative path. Your executable is
> located at D:\\Program Files\\ArbolOne\\Sounds.exe if launched
> appropriately it's working dir would be D:\\Program Files\\ArbolOne\\
> (or C:\\...) and could reach the file by opening Sound\\KimPossible.wav
>
> Now, it would probably be better to sense from the working directory
> only the drive letter, or possibly even check for existence of each of
> the files and choosing what to play accordingly.
>
> On Thu, 2015-06-18 at 16:15 -0400, Hotmail (ArbolOne) wrote:
> > This question is exclusively for Win users.
> > OK, having said that, I have a desktop and a laptop. In the desktop I use
> > MinGW64 and the GCC compier as well as CodeBlock, but on the laptop I use
> > VS2015 and VC++. In my desktop I wrote a program that plays a sound file,
> > the structure of the file directory is like so:
> > D:
> > |
> > Program Files {parent directory}
> > ArbolOne ( folder )
> > |__ Sound ( folder )
> > |_____Sounds.exe
> >
> > In my application the code looks like this:
> >
> > player->Play(L"D:\\Program Files\\ArbolOne\\Sound\\KimPossible.wav");
> >
> > This works perfect on my desktop, but the directory tree in my laptop
> > looks
> > like this
> > C:
> > |
> > Program File {parent directory}
> > ArbolOne ( folder )
> > |__ Sound ( folder )
> > |_____Sounds.exe
> >
> > You see the problem now, I need to some how create in my program a
> > variable
> > that points to ArbolOne, since in both machines have a Global System
> > Variable called
> > %ARBOLONE%
> > which points to the location of the ArbolOne folder.
> > Does any one here know how to unravel this problem.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> _______________________________________________
> Mingw-w64-public mailing list
> Mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
>
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
_______________________________________________
Mingw-w64-public mailing list
Mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
