FW: Working directory on Windows

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-----Original Message-----
From: Bastian Eicher [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Montag, 11. Mai 2015 18:31
To: 'Yosif Chumpov'
Subject: RE: c# dll feed creation

Hi Yosif,

The function Path.GetFullPath() uses the current working directory as the
base directory, not the installation directory the EXE is located in. When
double-clicking an EXE the working directory and the installation directory
are the same. When using a shortcut the "Start in" property can set the
working directory to something different.

When Zero Install launches an application that application inherits the
working directory Zero Install was started with.
You can add <working-dir/> inside your <command> to tell Zero Install to set
the working directory to the implementation directory instead.

To make the C# code work with any working directory you could use:
Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, "testFile.xml")

Please note that Zero Install cache directories are write-protected. This
means that your application will be able to read a testFile.xml included in
the ZIP but it will not be able to modify an existing file or create a new
one.
If the file needs to be modified at runtime the common solution would be to
store it in the AppData directory, using something like this:
Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Application
Data), "MyApp", "testFile.xml")

Regards
Bastian

P.S. Would you mind if I forward this and some of our previous mails to the
Zero Install mailing list? That would make my answer publically visible in
case anyone else has similar questions.


-----Original Message-----
From: Yosif Chumpov [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Montag, 11. Mai 2015 14:53
To: Bastian Eicher
Subject: RE: c# dll feed creation

Hi Bastian

Thank you for your help. 

Could you help me with another issue with ZeroInstall. 
I use config xml("testFile.xml") which contains some configuration data for
my application.
This file is placed in the same directory as the exe file. I use
Path.GetFullPath("testFile.xml") a .Net function to get path to this file.
Everything works well but when I use ZeroInstall to run my application it
looks like this function return ZeroInstall application directory instead of
my application directory. Very strange! Please look at attached source code.

Is there any way to resolve this issue without to change my source code?

Regards,
Yosif


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