get Application.ExecutablePath from an external class

I am trying to create a data class that will hold all of my access database
stuff. My problem is that i want to be able to use a DSNless connection and
i will not always know the absolute path so i want to use
Application.ExecutablePath or something similar but i don't have access to
that from within my data class. Is there any way to do this?
Thanks in advance

Ben
Mon Jul 26 11:32:09 CDT 2004

I see a several possible ways to find out where your application is
executing. First, you could pass the Application object into your data
class (perhaps on construction). Personally, I don't necessarily like this
approach because it mixes the data layer with the UI layer a bit too much.

Another approach would be to get the executing assembly's path
(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location). This will give you the path to
the executing assembly (presumably in the bin directory) and you can
navigate to your Access database from ther.

A third approach (and the one that I would probably choose) is to include
the path to your database in a configuration setting. This can be done by
adding the configuration setting to your web.config file. You can then
retrieve this value using the ConfigurationSettings class.

Ben Lucas
Lead Developer
Solien Technology, Inc.
www.solien.com

"Logan McKinley" <logan@globalweb.net> wrote in message
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> I am trying to create a data class that will hold all of my access
database
> stuff. My problem is that i want to be able to use a DSNless connection
and
> i will not always know the absolute path so i want to use
> Application.ExecutablePath or something similar but i don't have access to
> that from within my data class. Is there any way to do this?
> Thanks in advance
>
>

Logan
Mon Jul 26 12:31:51 CDT 2004

Thanks for the ideas
Ii should clairify that this is for a windows application written in C# that
i am going to distribute to users so i can't be sure where they will install
it. I don't seem to have access to Assembly from my class either and i was
hoping to stay way from passing something in every time i use the class. I
have been told that this is likely possible through reflection but i have
not been able to figure it out.
Thanks for the help,
~Logan




"Ben Lucas" <ben@nospam.solien.nospam.com> wrote in message
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> I see a several possible ways to find out where your application is
> executing. First, you could pass the Application object into your data
> class (perhaps on construction). Personally, I don't necessarily like
this
> approach because it mixes the data layer with the UI layer a bit too much.
>
> Another approach would be to get the executing assembly's path
> (Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location). This will give you the path
to
> the executing assembly (presumably in the bin directory) and you can
> navigate to your Access database from ther.
>
> A third approach (and the one that I would probably choose) is to include
> the path to your database in a configuration setting. This can be done by
> adding the configuration setting to your web.config file. You can then
> retrieve this value using the ConfigurationSettings class.
>
> Ben Lucas
> Lead Developer
> Solien Technology, Inc.
> www.solien.com
>
> "Logan McKinley" <logan@globalweb.net> wrote in message
> news:Op%23vRoycEHA.560@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > I am trying to create a data class that will hold all of my access
> database
> > stuff. My problem is that i want to be able to use a DSNless connection
> and
> > i will not always know the absolute path so i want to use
> > Application.ExecutablePath or something similar but i don't have access
to
> > that from within my data class. Is there any way to do this?
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> >
>
>

Ben
Mon Jul 26 13:23:39 CDT 2004

You should be able to access the Assembly object from your class. It's just
a matter of making sure that you are using the namespace for the Assembly
class. You can do this by either adding the following line to the beginning
of your source file:

using System.Reflection;

or, you can reference the Assembly class directly using:

string sLocation =
System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location;

Hope this helps.

Ben Lucas
Lead Developer
Solien Technology, Inc.
www.solien.com


"Logan McKinley" <logan@globalweb.net> wrote in message
news:e8rrrYzcEHA.2908@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Thanks for the ideas
> Ii should clairify that this is for a windows application written in C#
that
> i am going to distribute to users so i can't be sure where they will
install
> it. I don't seem to have access to Assembly from my class either and i
was
> hoping to stay way from passing something in every time i use the class.
I
> have been told that this is likely possible through reflection but i have
> not been able to figure it out.
> Thanks for the help,
> ~Logan
>
>
>
>
> "Ben Lucas" <ben@nospam.solien.nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:qoqdnXnNn6SUr5jcRVn-tw@comcast.com...
> > I see a several possible ways to find out where your application is
> > executing. First, you could pass the Application object into your data
> > class (perhaps on construction). Personally, I don't necessarily like
> this
> > approach because it mixes the data layer with the UI layer a bit too
much.
> >
> > Another approach would be to get the executing assembly's path
> > (Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location). This will give you the path
> to
> > the executing assembly (presumably in the bin directory) and you can
> > navigate to your Access database from ther.
> >
> > A third approach (and the one that I would probably choose) is to
include
> > the path to your database in a configuration setting. This can be done
by
> > adding the configuration setting to your web.config file. You can then
> > retrieve this value using the ConfigurationSettings class.
> >
> > Ben Lucas
> > Lead Developer
> > Solien Technology, Inc.
> > www.solien.com
> >
> > "Logan McKinley" <logan@globalweb.net> wrote in message
> > news:Op%23vRoycEHA.560@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > I am trying to create a data class that will hold all of my access
> > database
> > > stuff. My problem is that i want to be able to use a DSNless
connection
> > and
> > > i will not always know the absolute path so i want to use
> > > Application.ExecutablePath or something similar but i don't have
access
> to
> > > that from within my data class. Is there any way to do this?
> > > Thanks in advance
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>