user's include directory

[theguy0000]

how would i find out the user's include directory?

I've been thinking something along the lines of incuding Misc.au3 (or any other include file) and finding the directory of that...any ideas?

[LxP]

There is no need to programmatically find this information. If a user has installed AutoIt on their computer using the provided installer, writing your #include line like this:

; take note: angled brackets
#include <Misc.au3>

will have AutoIt include it from the user's Include directory.

Edit: And if you want the path for some other reason, you can most likely deduce it from the information provided in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\AutoIt v3\AutoIt. You shouldn't rely on users installing AutoIt with the installer though (in which case no key will exist).

Edited September 5, 2005 by LxP

[B3TA_SCR1PT3R]

i bet its

C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\Include\

just i guess i could be COMPLETELY off

[theguy0000]

i bet its

C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\Include\

just i guess i could be COMPLETELY off

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

thats what it is for me, but it could be different for some other users.

is there no way to find the location of an included file?

[theguy0000]

There is no need to programmatically find this information. If a user has installed AutoIt on their computer using the provided installer, writing your #include line like this:

; take note: angled brackets
#include <Misc.au3>

will have AutoIt include it from the user's Include directory.

Edit: And if you want the path for some other reason, you can most likely deduce it from the information provided in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\AutoIt v3\AutoIt. You shouldn't rely on users installing AutoIt with the installer though (in which case no key will exist).

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

i know about the angled brackets thing, but thanks for replying. and yes, i want to find the location of the directory, to do more than incuding it.

edit: typo

Edited September 5, 2005 by theguy0000

[LxP]

is there no way to find the location of an included file?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

You could always do a DOS hard drive search for typical include scripts...

[theguy0000]

i guess that will work

[theguy0000]

are you sure there is no other way? doing it this way takes so long

- Matt

[B3TA_SCR1PT3R]

this is somewhat time consuming..it does search ALL files/directorys

dir /s C:\ >> C:\zlist.txt
find /I "\Include" C:\zlist.txt >> C:\zsearch.txt

thats straight off command prompt

so in autoit just put a _RunDOS in front of it and you should be good

Edited September 5, 2005 by B3TA_SCR1PT3R