"jd" <jdorrington@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1193410587.217214.46520@z9g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> Hi, we're trying to get to grips with using ClickOnce installers and
> are having some problems. Once installed, the majority of the
> application will reside in the following directory:
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Apps\2.0\<x>\<y>
> \<z>
>
> where <x>, <y> and <z> are seamingly random strings. The installation
> also keeps some files in a 'data' directory:
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Apps\2.0\Data\<x>
> \<y>\<z>\Data
>
> where <x>, <y> and <z> are again, seamingly random strings, which
> differ to the path to the executable.
>
> Whilst it is possible to get the first path relatively easily from
> looking up the current directory, I've not found a way to obtain the
> path to the 'data' folder.
>
> Whilst searching I found one recommendation which claimed one could
> use the following:
>
> (string)AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetData("DataDirectory")
>
> However, this always appears to return null.
>
> Can anyone shed any light on how one can obtain the data directory
> path?
>
> Many thanks in advance.
>
> JD
>

"jd" <jdorrington@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1193410587.217214.46520@z9g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> Hi, we're trying to get to grips with using ClickOnce installers and
> are having some problems. Once installed, the majority of the
> application will reside in the following directory:
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Apps\2.0\<x>\<y>
> \<z>
>
> where <x>, <y> and <z> are seamingly random strings. The installation
> also keeps some files in a 'data' directory:
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Apps\2.0\Data\<x>
> \<y>\<z>\Data
>
> where <x>, <y> and <z> are again, seamingly random strings, which
> differ to the path to the executable.
>
> Whilst it is possible to get the first path relatively easily from
> looking up the current directory, I've not found a way to obtain the
> path to the 'data' folder.
>
> Whilst searching I found one recommendation which claimed one could
> use the following:
>
> (string)AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetData("DataDirectory")
>
> However, this always appears to return null.
>
> Can anyone shed any light on how one can obtain the data directory
> path?
>
> Many thanks in advance.
>
> JD
>