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Re: [amibroker] Can AFL read the folder name AB is running in?


  • Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:49:30 -0500
  • From: Herman <psytek@xxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: [amibroker] Can AFL read the folder name AB is running in?

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Thank  you :-) I will have to do some editing but this looks much better that
my current method!

Have a great day!
herman

> Hello,

> Yes you can, but do not use backslash at the very beginning, and use \\
> for backslash because \ alone is just start of escape sequence, so 
> correct usage would be:

> fopen("MyData\\myfilename.txt", "r");



> Best regards,
> Tomasz Janeczko
> amibroker.com

> On 2010-02-24 17:25, Herman wrote:
>> Thanks!
>>
>> That sounds good, I suppose I can prefix a sub-folder name to the filename?
>>
>> for example use fopen("\MyData\myfilename.txt", "r");
>>
>> herman
>>
>>    
>>> Hello,
>>>      
>>    
>>> Why just don't you use relative path ?
>>> if you for example use
>>>      
>>    
>>> fopen("myfilename.txt", "r")
>>>      
>>    
>>> it will always look for "myfilename.txt" inside CURRENT FOLDER.
>>>      
>>    
>>> Relative paths ALWAYS refer to current folder without need to retrieve
>>> it / specify it .
>>>      
>>    
>>> Best regards,
>>> Tomasz Janeczko
>>> amibroker.com
>>>      
>>    
>>> On 2010-02-24 17:02, Herman wrote:
>>>      
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> To perform file operations I  need  to  know the current folder name
>>>> for AmiBroker.
>>>>
>>>> On my XP computers it is "Program Files". On my Windows 7 computer it
>>>> is "Program Files (x86)", or "Program Files" if I run AB64bit.
>>>>
>>>> How can afl automatically detect which folder it is using?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> herman
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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