How to tell what folder file is in?

[peter1234]

I want to write back to the same folder that user uses to input a file, but I do not know what folder will be used. Is there any way to tell what folder a file is in other than by deleting characters from the end of the long file name until there is a backslash? I would think there would be a better way, but I can't find it.

[SmOke_N]

I want to write back to the same folder that user uses to input a file, but I do not know what folder will be used. Is there any way to tell what folder a file is in other than by deleting characters from the end of the long file name until there is a backslash? I would think there would be a better way, but I can't find it.

Huh?

Ok... is it your Au3.exe your talking about? @ScriptDir should take care of that or @AutoItExe.

If it is a file that your end-user is choosing from your program, why not store it in a variable?

$Var = FileOpenDialog('Open File', @ScriptDir, 'All (*.*)')
MsgBos(0, 'Info', $Var)

Your question is an enigma really...

[The Kandie Man]

Can you clarify what you mean by

folder that user uses to input a file

What is this folder that the user is using. Like Smoke N said, is this the folder where the person is running the script?

[peter1234]

I am writing a program to convert an mpeg file to DVD files. The user can choose any mpeg file on his computer to be converted. I have no idea where these files will be stored on his computer. I would like to put the DVD files back in the same folder he has his mpeg file in. I currently put the DVD files on the desktop by using @DesktopDir. I can remove the characters from the end of the file name to find the folder, but I assume there is a user defined function (or some built in fuction) for doing this which would make the code cleaner. However, I have not been able to find such a function. It seems like this would be something used quite often.

Edited January 8, 2006 by peter1234

[SmOke_N]

There's a UDF that should make that easy for you... look at _PathSplit in the help file

Edit... make sure it's the Beta Help File

Edited January 8, 2006 by SmOke_N

[peter1234]

SmOke_N,

Wow, how did you find that? Looks like it will work. Thanks.

[The Kandie Man]

Like this:

#include <file.au3>

dim $szDrive, $szDir, $szFName, $szExt
dim $path = "C:\windows\system32\calc.exe"
$arrayPath = _PathSplit($path, $szDrive, $szDir, $szFName, $szExt)
msgbox(0,"", $arrayPath[1] & $arrayPath[2])

Edited January 8, 2006 by The Kandie Man

[peter1234]

Works fine. Thanks to both of you.

[John]

I want to write back to the same folder that user uses to input a file, but I do not know what folder will be used. Is there any way to tell what folder a file is in other than by deleting characters from the end of the long file name until there is a backslash? I would think there would be a better way, but I can't find it.

I always use something like;

$song="C:\My Documents\My Music\song.mp3"

$location=StringMid($song,1,StringInStr($song, "\",0,-1)-1)

MsgBox(0,$song,$location)