get/change current directory in windows

[enemite]

I'm working on a flashcard program, and after you load a file and go through the drill, it will write your score/time to a text file. I also have a menu item that loads the text file with notepad like this:

ShellExecute(NULL, "open", "stats.txt", NULL, NULL, SW_NORMAL);

So after you have completed the flashcard set, it will write it to stats.txt file and then you can load it through the menu afterwards (and it's in the same directory as the file you have loaded).

But if you start the program and don't load a file and try to load the stats, it won't do anything because the current directory is still where the program itself is. And the stats you're trying to load are scattered wherever the cardset files are!

What I want to do write the stats file to the same directory the program itself is in so that it can always be loaded. And so there won't be a bunch of text files everywhere. Also it appends the stats to the same file so you can monitor your progress.

Looking at the prototype for ShellExecute() one of the parameters is for the default directory, but how do I change it and set it?

Is there a function to get the current directory the program is using?
And is there a function to change the current directory the program is using?

I've tried searching the web for info, but all I can find is help for VB, and I'm using C/C++. Can anyone help? And please go easy on me, it's my first post.

[QUantumAnenome]

GetModuleFileName() will give you the exe you are currently running, and you can extract the directory from that.

If you have argv[0], that gives you the same thing.

If it's a windoze app, the equivalent of argv[] is available inside winmain() and you need to save it somewhere.

Also look at getcwd() - gets current working directory, chdir() - changes it, etc.

[enemite]

Thanks! That's basically what I ended up doing. Just had to get the file name off the end. When I start the program and open a file, it will be in the last folder I opened a file from, even when I restart it. So I couldn't use GetCurrentDir() in the beginning because it wouldn't be in the right directory.

Ended up using SetCurrentDirectory() with the proper value. It works and that's all that matters. Going to try the getcwd() and chdir() though, just to see how they work.

By the way, you mentioned using argv[0], is there a way to find the number of arguments, too? Or are all the args just one string? And yeah, i'm using "Windoze". XP to be exact.