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Getting Application’s Starting Path with the App Object

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Question:
When starting a VB program and I load the starting form, I wantto get the directory from the active program. How do I get thedirectory name?

Answer:
The Path property of the App object contains the starting directory for the application.

   MyPath$ = App.Path

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