Another Question

[cupper1]

Hi, I have another question / Concern... When my app starts it needs another dependency that even the "self-contained" does not handle. That is fine, I include a small installer for it, but when I have tried the application.startuppath + \install\mysetup.exe" it doesn't work.

So I went looking and the installer has created a app.exe in the main folder, and then a version subfolder \myapp-1.2.0. It is this subfolder that includes the \install\mysetup.exe. How in code can I reference this specific place?

Thanks!

[remco1271]

You can use GetExecutingAssembly() to get the location of your program in the \myapp-1.2.0

System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location
output: "C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\<AppName>\app-2.1.4\application.exe"

To get the folder "C:\Users\\AppData\Local\" where the update.exe is you can use the UpdateManager() for that. This is what I do in my application:

mgr.CreateShortcutForThisExe(ShortcutLocation.StartMenu | ShortcutLocation.Desktop);
RegisterFileTypes(mgr.AppDirectory);

[caesay]

If you want to find the root (where your app is installed) then UpdateManager.AppDirectory is the correct one.

If you want to know where your exe is currently executing, there is a helper built right into Squirrel for this: SquirrelRuntimeInfo.EntryExePath. Since Assembly.Location returns null when PublishSingleFile is true, it's now better to use Process.GetCurrentProcess() to find the file path of your executing binary.