Value of Application Directory?

[coloredsound]

Hello All,

What should i type in the empty path constant so that it serve exactly the same function application directory palette provide?

[aputman]

Why would you want to make it a static value?  What happens when you move your project to a different directory or a different computer or compile it into an EXE?

[coloredsound]

I dont want to make it static value (as i said i want it able to do exactly what application directory able to do)

i expecting there is certain string (eg /s,/n) that represent certain thing

[GerdW]

Hi sound,

why do you want to use a path constant, when you don't want to use a static path???

[aputman]

/s is a space.  /n is a newline character.  

The Application Directory does what you need so why do you need to duplicate the functionality?  What are you trying to do with this?  The path constant can only accept a path static path.  

[coloredsound]

Hello Gerd,

i would like to increase code flexibility

i want to consolidate all my non variable value into one sub vi 

I want to have a very good control over these values and can search and change them in one and only one vi, in short i try to make an "All in one", i dont want them to scatter around

but i have trouble defining application directory

for example

[coloredsound]

path constant accept something like "../" that move upward one directory

so i was hoping is there some special character for the application directory

refer to my last post why i am trying to do this

[coloredsound]

i realize there is another way to do this

but i would like cleaner approach, a much "universal" approach

[GerdW]

Hi sound,

why don't you use the AppDir function in your"one for all" VI?

Make an enum item "get AppDir" and use a case structure to call AppDir for this item...

[aputman]

The Application Directory VI is not a constant.  It is a VI with code that looks at where the VI is running (EXE, project, etc) and calculates the application directory.  You can't get much more universal than that.