Re: Some path questions

[Benoît Minisini <benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 05/08/2024 à 15:23, Admin a écrit :
> Greetings, guys! Hope you all doing well.
>
> So, I have a code:
> --------------------------
> Public Sub UpdateProgram()
>
> Dim hClient As HttpClient
> Dim rMatch As RegExp
> Dim updatequestion As Integer
> Dim prgURL, exeName As String
>
> prgURL = "http://whatever";
> exeName = "someprogram.gambas"
>
>    hClient = New HttpClient As "hClient"
>    hClient.URL = prgURL & exeName
>    hClient.Async = False
>    hClient.Timeout = 10
>    hClient.Get(, "tmp.gambas")
>
> If hClient.Status < 0 Then
>      Return
>
> Else
>    If Not Exist(Application.Path & "/tmp.gambas") Then message("Due to 
> some black magic the file is not downloaded")
>      rMatch = New RegExp(File.Load(Application.path & "/tmp.gambas"), 
> "Version=(.*)\n")
>      If rMatch[1].Text = Application.Version Then
>        Try Kill "tmp.gambas"
>        Return
>      Else
>        updatequestion = Message.Question("Version " & rMatch[1].Text & " 
> is available", "Update", "Ignore")
>        If updatequestion = 2 Or updatequestion = 3 Then
>          Try Kill Application.Path & "/tmp.gambas"
>          Return
>        End If
>        Move Application.Path & "/tmp.gambas" Kill Application.Path & "/" 
> & exeName
>        Chmod Application.Path & "/" & exeName To "rwxrwxrwx"
>        Message("Version " & rMatch[1].Text & " installed. Please restart 
> program")
>        Quit
>      End If
> End If
>
> End
>
> -----------------------------
> My question is about Application.Path. Why do I need it? What is the 
> default path without it then. Why is it different for different 
> operators? I mean, why hClient is downloading a file right into the 
> program working directory, which is nice, but then not Exist nor Kill 
> don't see it? Where do they look by default? I mean Exist ("tmp.gambas") 
> is false, yet the file is right there, where hClient has put it. Exist 
> (Application.Path & "/tmp.gambas") is true, as it should, but why so 
> complicated? Maybe I am overcomplicating things.
>
> Dmitry

Files located in your project are reserved, because they will go into 
the executable file, which is a read-only archive of files.

So you must never write or modify any file in the project directory 
while running it, because it won't work when you will run your program 
executable.

Regards,

--
Benoît Minisini.