[fpc-pascal] Re: specifying the relative path to a file that is located in the same folder as the application bundle?

[Jonas Maebe]

On 05 Feb 2009, at 22:52, Paul Nicholls wrote:

> Maybe I haven't understood you completely, but have you tried this?
>
> MyProgramFolder := ExtractFilePath(ParamStr(0));
>
> This should hopefully get you the folder of the currently running  
> program
> from within the program (at least under Win32 and Linux).

That is completely OS (and sometimes OS-version) dependent, and should  
not be used if you want portable code (even on Linux it does not work  
under all circumstances).


Jonas