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What is the file name of the executable?

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For various reasons, it can be useful to have the file name of the executable.   Here's how I do it.  The following code is available for download from this link or from our FTP server at ftp://dvl-software.com/pub/getmodulefilename.zip.

/*
Purpose:	Populate the fields with the values for the application path name.

Parameters:	nil

Results:	nil

Copyright 1998 - DVL Software Limited.

*/


string	ls_AppPath
string	ls_FullPath
string	ls_Exe
int	li_Ret
int	li_Pos = 0

ls_Fullpath = Space (255)
li_ret = GetModuleFileNameA (Handle (GetApplication ()), ls_FullPath, 255)

if li_Ret > 0 then 
	// ls_AppPath will be something line <drive><full path>\<exe name>
	// You can then strip off the exe name using:
	do while (Pos (ls_FullPath, "\", li_Pos + 1) > 0)
		li_Pos = Pos (ls_FullPath, "\", li_Pos + 1)
	loop
	
	ls_AppPath	= Mid (ls_FullPath, 1, li_Pos - 1)
	ls_Exe		= Mid (ls_FullPath, li_Pos + 1)

	sle_directory.text	= ls_apppath
	sle_path.text		= ls_fullpath
	sle_executable.text	= ls_exe
end if

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