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#Jan 25th @ 5:30 AM
thomanil
thomanil
New question from me. Smiley

Is there any elegant way of determining which directory is equivalent to "Program Files" on a given windows mobile device?

 I'm developing an app that will be localized to several countries, and need to determine the Program Files path dynamically regardless of which region or country the device is localized for. I'd like to avoid having to hardcode every possible localized version of the file system.

Examples:
"\Program Files" (English)
"\Programfiler" (Norwegian)
"\Programmen" (German)

and on and on...

Is there for instance any environment variable on winmob devices that lets me determine the path on that device?

Regards,
Thomas Nilsson


#Jan 25th @ 5:32 AM
Maddus Mattus
Maddus Mattus
it really does!
string path = Environment . GetFolderPath ( Environment . SpecialFolder . Program Files );

see:

http://www.stevenrockarts.com/blog/PermaLink,guid,d0da692a-1c21-4e1e-9964-42828d701a07.aspx
#Jan 25th @ 5:47 AM
thomanil
thomanil
I think I should reframe my question. But thanks for the suggestion nonetheless. Smiley

I allready know how to determine the Program Files path during runtime in c#. However, I need to get this variable outside a running c# program, in a couple of places:

1) In my .cab installer I include a setup.ddl with post-installer actions, written in native c. I use this to launch my app automatically after installing it. So I need a way of determining the localized "program files" path in native c.

2) I have a build script that refreshes the contents of the app directory of any given device using CECopy, from the command line:

cecopy <application resource files> dev:/Program Files/<my app dir>

Program Files is currently hardcoded. I'd like to do something like this:

cecopy <application resource files> dev:/%PROGRAMFILES%/<my app dir>

Thoughts?

#Jan 25th @ 7:35 AM
thomanil
thomanil
That's exactly what I'm looking for, thanks!
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