Program directory is not system directory. So it doesn't have CSIDL. Program directory is the folder where executable file is located. I certainly remember that there is a way to get it without, for example, setting it in registry during install...
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 12:31:19PM -0500, Rahul Kapoor wrote: > > So, is there a way to get an application > > directory path under Windows? I remember that there is a way to do this > > using WinAPI, but how to do this Haskell? > > The System.Directory module has some methods to get specific > directory names in an OS agnostic manner. > > The closest method that matches what you want > is "getAppUserDataDirectory" which uses the windows API function > SHGetFolderPath to get the folder for well known name. IIRC > Windows supports a notion of "Constant special item"'s and if > getAppUserDataDirectory does not do what you want you can call > SHGetFolderPath using the CSIDL you are interested in. The code > to do so should be identical to the source > for "getAppUserDataDirectory" > > CSIDL'a are listed here [1] > > > Links. > [1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb762494%28VS.85%29.a _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe