TDBF component and filepath
lazarus / 16-Databases

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adamski · 2009-08-10 23:18

Hi - when using the TDBF component, I can set the FilePathFull to
reference files. Works well.
However, what I really want is the ability to reference a relative
directory - just a sub directory called "data"

I've tried various combinations, but cannot get the relative directory
to work.
E.g. FilePath:= 'data/'

Also, I plan to run this application on both Linux and Windows, so
I'll like to know how to reference relative directories for both
platforms...

All the best, and thanks for any help !

[I'm using the latest 0.9.27 release]

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davesimplewear · 2009-08-15 00:03

Hi,

I usually use the ExtractFilePath(ParamStr(0)) + 'data' to accomplish
this. The delimeter is not needed because this is already included in
the function.

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tatamata · 2009-09-13 12:34

I was using extractfiledir(application.exename) to get current
directory where executable is.
ApplicationPath:=extractfiledir(application.exename);
RelativePath:='data';
FullPath:=ApplicationPath+LastDelimiter('/\',ApplicationPath)+Relative
Path;

Something like that...

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adamski · 2009-09-16 21:22

Thanks for everyone's help!