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Ambitious Guy
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Posted: 18th Dec 2008 16:58
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I've done this before and had it worked. But for some reason inside or outside CodeSurge (I.E. the normal editor) It gives me an error saying it can't find the path when it's there in the project folder. I've checked for spelling errors and everything but still can't get DBPro to see it.


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DsarchyUK
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Posted: 18th Dec 2008 19:24
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SET DIR has to be set to a directory, not just a name of a folder.

So for example your "Data" could be located in your program files inside on your HDD, so you would have to use something like

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Posted: 18th Dec 2008 20:21 Edited at: 18th Dec 2008 20:35
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to help keep things sorted re: multiple directories, define the root directory of the application as a string variable using get dir$ when the app launches (and, if you're using a lot of sub-directories, define those as well). ie:



then later, whenever you want to load stuff:


or, these variances work, too, without set dir:


using this method also helps keep things sorted when you move its location on your computer or share the app with others, keeping it relative to wherever the app happens to reside.

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Posted: 18th Dec 2008 20:43
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Ok thanks for the help.

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Posted: 18th Dec 2008 21:36
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The SET DIR command does accept relative directory names. You simply need to have the target directory in the same directory as your executable.

Full pathnames are almost never necessary, and in some cases can cause difficult to find problems - for example, the maximum path size using an ascii string in windows is 260 characters - if you specify a pathname that goes beyond this size, you may have problems.

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