>>Hi,
>>
>>I'm writing a small "splash screen" app using Borland C++ Builder.
>>
>>It works quite well, but I'd like to defend the exe against a user installing my exe in another directory and trying to run it.
>>
>>What I'd like a a procedure in C++ or the Windows API which returns the same information which I get with SYS(16) in Visual FoxPro, so that I can ascertain the location of the exe which is running (the splash screen) and thus find the location of my Visual FoxPro exe (which will be in the same directory).
>>
>>Using the current directory won't necessarily work, as the user could run my exe from a Windows NT command prompt
>>
>>i.e. C:\myappdir\myapp.exe.
>>
>>Best
>>
>>Matt.
>
>Hi Matt:
>
> GetModuleFileName will give you the exact path of exe.
>
> DWORD GetModuleFileName(
> HMODULE hModule, // handle to module to find filename for
> LPTSTR lpFilename, // pointer to buffer for module path
> DWORD nSize // size of buffer, in characters
> );
>
> You can use it in the splash screen exe and look for the VFP app in tha directory.
>
>HTH

Raul,

I overlooked this one. Here's how to get the module and the filename:

DECLARE INTEGER GetModuleFileName IN Win32API;
  INTEGER hModule, STRING @lpFilename, INTEGER nSize
DECLARE INTEGER GetClassLong IN Win32API;
  INTEGER hWnd, INTEGER nIndex
* Get the main window handle from FOXTOOLS
lnhWnd = MainhWnd()
* Get the module handle
lnmodule = GetClassLong(lnhWnd, -16)
* Initialize the parameters
lcfilename = SPACE(265)
lnsize = LEN(lcfilename)
* Get the filename
lnsize = GetModuleFileName(lnmodule, @lcfilename, lnsize)

If lnsize is less than or equal to 1, the function failed. Otherwise, it represents the number of characters in the buffer.

hth,