Gary, Thanks for the info, but what I am trying to do is take the value from 'modulePath' variable that will contains the path including file name of the current ARX file. What I can't seem to grasp is how to get a substring from this variable that will be only the folder 'C:\Test\', not 'C:\Test\file.ARX'. What I really need is a function that will reverse find in the modulPath variable '\'. In VB I could do this instinctively, but C++ is driving me crazy.
In a console application I can say #include <string> and have the functionality I need through the string object. But for some reason if I try to use a string object VC keeps saying "'string' : undeclared identifier"
Here is an updated code snippet with a closer idea of what I'm trying to do:
//Begin code
//
// ObjectARX defined commands, created by [3/27/2003], ,
#include "StdAfx.h"
#include "StdArx.h"
#include <string>
char GetFolder(char *path);
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// This is command 'CHECKDIMS, by [3/27/2003], ,
void AMSIMiscellaneousUtilitiesCheckDims()
{
#ifdef OARXWIZDEBUG
acutPrintf ("\nOARXWIZDEBUG - AMSIMiscellaneousUtilitiesCheckDims() called.");
#endif // OARXWIZDEBUG
// TODO: Implement the command
char modulePath[512];
char statement[] = "The full path of the executing program is: ";
::GetModuleFileName(_hdllInstance, modulePath, 512);
acutPrintf (strcat(statement,modulePath));
/* +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The following line works great as is, but is hard coded. I need this to be flexible thus a strcat with a variable
acedCommand (RTSTR, "_-vbarun", RTSTR, "D:\\AMS\\Development\\Clients\\PS&S\\Utilities\\AmsUtilities.dvb!Module1.CheckForOverRiddenDimensions", 0);
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++*/
//string t; //If I try to compile this line states that 'string' is undeclared.
//The following two lines are what I am wanting to work...just doesn't, yet!
char FolderLocation = GetFolder(modulePath);
acedCommand (RTSTR, "_-vbarun", RTSTR, strcat(FolderLocation , "AmsUtilities.dvb!Module1.CheckForOverRiddenDimensions"), 0);
}
char GetFolder(char *path)
{
char *pdest;
int result;
int ch = '\\';
pdest = strrchr(path,ch);
result = pdest - path + 1; //Now that I have the location of the last "\", I'm dumb founded.
char temp;
new temp[result];
//char newpath = path[0,pdest];
//return newpath;
return temp;
}
//End Code
