How to: Get the Application Directory 

Because there is no inherent current directory setting in Pocket PC applications, specifying a file name in your code with no path specification returns a FileNotFoundException. Pocket PC applications store data files with your assembly files under \Program Files\myAssembly\, where myAssembly is the name of your assembly.

Example

This example shows how to determine the path of the current running application by getting the fully qualified directory name of the executing assembly. Note that if the application is running in the root directory of the device, the returned path information is an empty string.

Dim strAppDir As String = _
  Path.GetDirectoryName([Assembly].GetExecutingAssembly().GetModules(0).FullyQualifiedName)
MsgBox(strAppDir)

string strAppDir =
Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetModules()[0].FullyQualifiedName);
MessageBox.Show(strAppDir);

Compiling the Code

This example requires references to the following namespaces:

• System

• System.Windows.Forms

• System.IO

• System.Reflection

See Also

Other Resources

Pocket PC Development and the .NET Compact Framework
Building Applications and Core Tasks