I would like to find the my to my executable during run-time. Is there
any way to do this in Visual Basic?
Basically, I want to find which directory the running executable is in
so that I can load some of the files that the application needs from the
same directory.

There is a built-in object called App that has that info, plus a lot more
about the current application. What you are looking for is App.Path.  Check
the Object Browser for other properties, etc. for the App object.

Dear Mohsen,

We can use App.Path to get the path to the executable during run-time. For
more information about App object, you can read the description about this
object in VB Help.

Best Regards,
Elan Zhou
Microsoft Developer Support

App.path will get you the path of your executable,  but to open the files
you will need to add the backslash character "\" to the path. For example:

path = App.path & "\" & "MyFile.txt"    or you could use    "\MyFile.txt"

Took me a while to figure that out <g>.

Bob Henry

you should check to see if the backslash is already there, just in case the
app is in the root folder (eg C:\)  ie:

strAppPath = App.Path
If right$(strAppPath,1) <> "\" Then strAppPath = strAppPath & "\"