Hi there,

do you know a way to determine if your MSVB4.0 programs runs as an exe or
if it runs in design mode?

Thanks in adcance.
Regards
Franz GEIGER

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Your working directory when in the VB environment is different
from the working directory of your compiled EXE, I'll bet.

I get around this by having, in my .MAK file, a command-line
parm

   /path=d:\directory

which I look for in program startup code.  The startup code then
changes to the appropriate drive (if need be) and directory.

The d:\directory entry, of course, points to the working directory
of the compiled EXE.

You, Franz, can use a similar trick.  If the COMMAND$ contains
/path=, you then know you're in the environment, otherwise not.

True, this isn't a scientific answer, but it's practical.
In VB4, you set the command line in Tools/Options/Advanced, I think.

The App.Path will tell you the directory, either of your VB project, or of
the exe file. If you compile the program to a different directory, you'll
not find the MAK/VBP file there, when the program is started from there!

You also can try to open the exe file For Write, what should be denied by
the system, when the compiled program is actually running.

Please post or mail me your experiences with my suggestions, I had no time
for tests yet. (ggf. auch deutsch ;-)

DoDi

13:54:54 GMT):

Basically I'd say you'd need 2 API-calls:
1) GetCurrentTask
2)TaskFindHandle
You can then use the .szModule-Property of the
TASKENTRY-structure you passed to TaskFindHandle which
contains the name of the EXE (without ".EXE").

Notice that TOLLHELP.DLL which offers TaskFindHandle is not
provided with Windows, so you'd need to include it in your
distribution.

Another thing would be to use App.EXEName if you use
different names for EXE and Project, because App.EXEName
returns the project's name when using/running under the IDE.

Depending on what you actually need this might help or need
more refinement I leave up to you.

(f'up set to comp.lang.basic.visual.misc.)

Mathias Schiffer, Germany
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Franz,

You can use the GetModuleFileName API call.  If you are compiled your
actual EXE name is
returned. If you are running under the development environment then VB.EXE
is returned.  

Hope this helps....

Jeff Sinason

http://itdcomm.com/