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Satchmo

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Posted: 3rd Jun 2007 14:55 Edited at: 3rd Jun 2007 14:56

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Hello everybody!
Whenever I see the execute file command being used it goes from the start of a directory like c:/ program files. What I want is to have it execute a file included within the game folder so it executes that but the folder can be anywhere and not an exact place.Is there any way to do it?

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Posted: 3rd Jun 2007 17:26

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At the start of your program use:

StartDir$ = Get Dir$()+"\"

When you want to execute your external program use:

Execute File StartDir$+"Filename.exe"

You can also use StartDir$+"InsertFolderNameHere" to directly access any folders you have in your main project directory - rather than using CD to go into them to read data files.

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